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care needs assesment
Hi I'm just wondering if anyone can give some advice/reassurance/infomation about care needs assesments via the local council. As my health has been getting worse over the past few years (I have disabilities and health conditions) my brother who has gradually become my unoffical carer without either of us realising until…
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Im becoming really depressed living with my mum and brother…
lately my mum has been taking her anger out on me. I’m tired and stressed hence why I am moody. I’ve started to sleep during the day more because I simply cannot be bothered to be up anymore, it’s no longer fun. She gets all stressed during the week, and then today starts drinking from 11am in the morning. When I ask for…
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Accessibility for moving home
Hi All, I'm still pretty new here. I wondered if anyone had any advice on renting to live. I'm housebound and am finding the process of property searches v hard. So many estate agents refuse virtual tours. I've held off on sharing I have mobility/ health issues for fear of it working against me. Surely in 2025 a video tour…
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Gay and disabled - First Dates Paddy Smyth
Paddy Smyth is 30 and from Dublin and you may recognise him
from First Dates Ireland or from his brilliant social media campaigns. Today he
talks to us about dating as a gay man with Cerebral Palsy. I kind of fell into being an activist, after appearing on
First Dates, the response was overwhelming, I was trending on…
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Just struggled to get to the door to collect a parcel and...
...the Royal Mail guy looked at me (a clearly not-healthy person) waving to him in his van to come back with my parcel, and then drove off with it anyway. Why are they like this?
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Health
Hi everyone I had a bad week you all no I have mpn about to have a bone marrow biopsy and start injections every 2 weeks to help the pain now I have a catheter and I had a uti infection have catheter taken out and put back in by a district nurse which caused me to bleed taken to hospital to sort it out as if life is not…
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SPRINGWATCH 2025 just started episode 1/12
Happy TV 💚 Nature is the best entertainment!
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Taxis & occupied active wheelchair questions
i am going to need a wav uber or black taxi for work as am transitioning to a wheelchair. I have access to work & am applying for a taxi card for journeys that are not work related. My wheelchair will be an active one with powerwheels. My question is am I going to need a headrest or are taxi drivers normally ok with you…
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Charging disabled people who need care and support is UNFAIR
I am the mother and carer of a severely learning disabled son. I have started a petition on Change.org. Disabled people have to contribute to the cost of their care and support. They will have undergone an assessment to decide what services they are eligible for. Then the Local Authority will carry out a financial…
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I am at end wits here living with my mum..
recently my mum keeps going on about bills and how her debt is annoying her. But the issue is, she’s taking her anger and stress out on me… it’s really stressing me out because when I speak to my dad he doesn’t care one bit… That’s because my family is mixed with my step mum and her kids etc, My mum has been getting snappy…
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Families not believing disability
Morning, Have not posted on here often but am having a problem with my family at the moment and I just wondered if anyone else gets the same. Am disabled with arthritis and am on the higher mobility pip. My mum is currently in hospital and unfortunately my dad has dementia, so my mum and sister have basically said caring…
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What to do with broken window.
so my window is broken, it leaves a gap when it locks. And now it’s bringing a breeze in. The next appointment till they come is the 13th of June.. a joke. So now I have to deal with constant background noise from outside etc.. idk what to do until then.. we have tried to cover it up but they said apparently it’s not an…
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Waspi
Goverment wouldn't listen to waspi women so been tsken to court the determination these ladies have we have to be the same even if it's email our MPs every week I've sent mine about ten emails pertitions I did say do you think the people at the top care for thier own mps I said do the right thing
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Lasting Power of Attorney - Finances & Property - Advocacy
This is a really hard for me to write 😔 I am at rock bottom and I’m scraping the sides of the barrel. I have struggled with both Mental and Physical Disabilities ever since my first breath. It’s fair to say that my life has been like the Himalayan Mountain Range and for the last five years I’ve been stuck on the Hilary…
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A bit of inspiration
what do you all think to this attempt at a poem?
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Serve should chest pain ect
Hi to all, I went to the doctors on Friday as I had servre chest pain going into my neck & should 10/10 Pain the docs checked me over & phoned for an ambulance for me they did an ecg test said it wasn't my heart but my neck and shoulder I was kept from 4 to 11.30 am I was in agony still getting same servre pain I am…
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Hi to all
I Luv your Peom it is amazing how you have chosen those well placed words of inspiration well done to you it's really engaging to say the Least. Amazingblazing628
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What are his rights? Scooter repeatedly breaking down
My dad bought a scooter from Ableworld and just 3 days over a year of purchase , the scooter broke down . Ableworld engineer came out cost £70 and they took scooter. Received scooter back 3 days later , new batteries cost £359. Within a hour of scooter being dropped off and dad paying the scooter broke down again. Dad had…
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Cervical Cancer
Hi all, my name is Lisa and I have just gone through a cervical cancer journey. I'm now 11 months post treatment with my last scan showing no signs of cancer, which is amazing. I was diagnosed with Stage 3c1 in March 2024 and had radiotherapy and brachytherapy. It's been a long and difficult journey so I'd love to share…
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Mattress elevator funding
Hi my name is Sherrill I was hoping someone could help me. In February I had a OT assessment where I explained to the OT that through a combination of my lumber disc degeneration L4 L5 & a operation I had on my hip I have not been able to sleep in my bed for more than a couple of hrs since 2021. As I'm diabetic the open…
