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Do you think disabled children should get to play in their local playground?
I do too. Did you know? * Half of families with disabled children face
accessibility problems with their local playground. * An alarming one in ten said their disabled child
hurt themselves because of inaccessible equipment. * One in six said their disabled child felt upset
and disappointed because they couldn’t enjoy…
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Cold caller?
I just had someone knocking my door I was busy upstairs by the time I got to the door they had gone but I looked back on the camera and their t shirt had scope disabled charity written all over it. Anyone any ideas?
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Join Me! Change the legislation! Events and Festivals should have properly accessible toilets
As a long term visitor to Womad festival, last year I visited for the first time as a wheelchair user. To my dismay I found that whilst I could drive my wheelchair into the loos there wasn't enough room to then get out, get to the loo or close the door. There also weren't handrails in many of the loos or sometimes only…
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Hi, my name is sweetpea7! How can i go to concerts etc for disabled area to sit??
hi i have problems with my hips and cant stand for long time due to hips giving out at any time , i have a blue badge and wondered how can i go to concerts etc for disabled area to sit?? can anybody help please ?
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Our Let's Play Fair campaign is back 🪁
Hi everyone :) Do you remember us making a few posts about a campaign
called Let’s Play Fair last year? Don’t fret if not. I’ll catch you up. Let’s
Play Fair is a campaign for free, accessible, and inclusive playgrounds in
every community. You can check out what we got up to last year on our website. I’m glad to say that…
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RURAL REJECTION MENTAL HEALTH SEVERE ADHD SUFFERER
Hi I have had to extensively research my rights the law every guideline in every book that should support my severe adult adhd ICD10 F9.I am still waiting four years later I have spent three years challenging absolutely every one who has had legal duties to use the appropriate treatment and support as in all the…
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Poem called crying shame
Hello quick note to online coordinators of the scope community I am sorry if this poem sounds like angry but I am just passionate about helping all people with disabilities.Poem called crying shame Our careers that us with our day to day activities are not even getting paid their true worth because earth knows how I would…
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Disability discrimination at work
In my previous job I experienced bullying, harassment, verbal abuse and disability discrimination from my store manager. The large, well known company I worked for is denying all this, even though they know it happened. Which has made getting something done about it very difficult, if not nearly impossible. They have very…
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What happens if you sell a property for more than the probate value?
I did probate two years ago when my brother passed away, the house I live/lived in,when filling the forms in it asks for the value of said property which I based on a identical property on the next street which was £220k so I put that as the value of my brother’s, but I’m in the process of selling the property which has…
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Blue light cars for pa
Hi I am current employed as a pa and paid via direct payment my blue light card is up for renew at end of month but as I’ve moved from working as a career in a care home to now caring for my dad as a pa I am struggling to renew my blue light card it keeps declining my id saying pa are not eligible but I’ve read on previous…
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Reasonable adjustment or is it discrimination?
I have been diagnosed with CRPS in my ankle. Currently using crutches and a boot. I work in an office that is up 2 flights of stairs, no lift available. The kitchen is upstairs but the toilets are downstairs. I'm not good on stairs and it would cause me more pain to be going up and down stairs all the time and be dangerous…
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Accessible ticket machines.
Has there been a discussion on this? I found one today, private car park. Council member not happy but company not interested in accessibility and want to people to use an app as: Alt. Ticket machine up 5 steps - only way to pay if you can't get up them you have to use an app. Just as they can't be bothered to make it…
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Read all about it? The destructive disability narrative filling our papers.
On the 26 May 2023, Scope published an
open letter to the media calling out a slew of recent headlines unfairly targeting disability benefit claimants. Replete with outdated stereotypes of disabled people as ‘lazy’ and a
‘burden on taxpayers’, these provocative soundbites place the blame firmly at
an individual level,…
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Accessibility tools for children.
Hello my name is Emma. I am looking into small playground accessibility tools and gadgets. Is there such a thing as chunky chalk extendable tools? A little background, I am supporting a child with cerebral palsy and, although we have larger accessible areas, my charge is unable to join in chalking on the ground which they…
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I have a Neurological disability
⛩️▫️i want to work yet i find it really hard as i have no use of my dominant hand ▫️my right hand ⛩️▫️I have found an employment agency that is covered by the Sunflower Langard Scheme. ⛩️▫️I have been told i can not PIP because I can use my left hand ⛩️▫️I'm not left handed I'm right handed and this is my dominant hand…
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What stops you being more eco-friendly?
The brilliant Melissa Parker's Greenpeace blog confronts the barriers many disabled people face in trying to be more eco-conscious. Starting at the point of inaccessible climate summits, to the banning of plastic straws which many disabled people rely on, the exclusion of impaired bodies from environmentally friendly…
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Universal Income Trial
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/04/universal-basic-income-of-1600-pounds-a-month-to-be-trialled-in-england
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love nhs BUT
Hope title says it all. But i recently arranged a home visit by a local adult services team for a physio. i received a letter with a date and rough time i waited and waited on the said day and no visit so i have waited 2 weeks for a explanation with no communication i phoned and was told i should have gone to clinic and…
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Advice Re Flexible Working Hours
I work from home in Customer Service. I made my employer aware of my ADHD immediately. They have put some reasonable allowances in place for me which had helped. However although I need the pay of a full time job I found I wasn't able to cope. I wasn't getting anything done at home, was constantly exhausted and my…
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Read my new blog now. Please Support & Leave Feedback
Hi All. I hope that you're well? It has been a while since i've written here but it's good to be back! I have recently launched my own blog through "Blogger" called "Words On Wheels" the purpose of this blog is to share my personal experiences on various subjects as somebody as a wheelchair user who suffers from…
