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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 šŖ
Hi everyone :) Do you remember us making a few posts about a campaign
called Letās Play Fair last year? Donāt fret if not. Iāll catch you up. Letās
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. Iām glad to say thatā¦
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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 theā¦
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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 wouldā¦
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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 veryā¦
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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 Ā£220k so I put that as the value of my brotherās, but Iām in the process of selling the property which hasā¦
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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 Iāve 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 Iāve read on previousā¦
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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 dangerousā¦
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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 itā¦
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Read all about it? The destructive disability narrative filling our papers.
On the 26 May 2023, Scope published an
open letterĀ to the media calling out a slew of recent headlines unfairly targeting disability benefit claimants. Replete with outdated stereotypes of disabled people as ālazyā and a
āburden on taxpayersā, these provocative soundbites place the blame firmly at
an individual level,ā¦
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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 theyā¦
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I have a Neurological disability
ā©ļøā«ļøi want to work yet i find it really hard as i have no use of my dominant hand ā«ļømy right hand ā©ļøā«ļøI have found an employment agency that is covered by the Sunflower Langard Scheme. ā©ļøā«ļøI have been told i can not PIP because I can use my left hand ā©ļøā«ļøI'm not left handed I'm right handed and this is my dominant handā¦
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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 friendlyā¦
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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 andā¦
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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 myā¦
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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 fromā¦
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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 changedĀ 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 orā¦
