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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 Replete with outdated stereotypes of disabled people as ‘lazy’ and a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…
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Please can you sign & share my petition for bidets to be Mandatory in all disabled toilets
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/638436
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Woman not allowed to use the toilet in Costa
This is unfair and needs changed https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-refused-entry-costa-coffee-29578710?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mirror_main&fbclid=IwAR1eBNskHCS_agD-4OLOahZvoNmO0mi3KtbV7ARcTuxkyeK-0px8IUYR8yI
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There are how many disabled people in England and Wales?
On Thursday 23rd March 2023, the latest results from the Family Resources Survey (FRS) were published. This survey was conducted between 2021 and 2022. The government will use these figures to measure disability prevalence rates in the UK. The figures tell us that 16 million people are disabled. That is 1 in 4 people or…
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Looking for free disability gym
Hello everyone, I am Majed and I am new in the UK, I have disability in my right leg which is became smaller than left leg. I would like to request from you how to get free membership at gym as disabled person. Thank you
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Students on PIP, what has your experience been like?
Hi, I'm hoping to start university this September, the course is 2 days a week and I'll mostly be attending via Zoom but will be trying to attend physically when I'm able to. The building is a 20 minute walk away (or <5 min drive). I'm very anxious though because on my PIP mobility form I have "unable to undertake any…
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Care Needs assessment - no time limit
I have discovered that there is no requirement for a Local Authority
to provide a Care Needs Assessment within a certain time frame – they could
take 10 years – the average is 4-6 weeks but I have already been waiting for
over 8 weeks and there’s no sign of any assessment yet. The law should be changed
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£975 price tag for disabled households - New Scope research
Hi everyone :) Summary We’ve just launched our new Disability Price Tag report. This explores the extra costs that households with at least one disabled adult or child in them face. We're asking you to tell your MP about it to raise awareness of the extra costs disabled households face, and demand the Government take…
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The “cost of staying alive” crisis
Around 600,000 have just £10 or less per week after taxes and housing for food, heating, and everything else. Dr Frances Ryan used a case study of one disabled couple living in Britain to illustrate the felt impact of the cost-of-living crisis on the everyday. Can you relate? Mike and Sandra* are a middle-aged couple from…
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Pip review decision without speaking to Me
Hello all, I’m new here and have a question. I recently requested a review of my pip as my mobility has decreased. I had CAB help me fill out the form and they kindly posted it for me too. No more than 10’days later I receive a text saying my review is complete and I will receive my decision letter in 2 weeks. the…