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Can I apply for PIP? I'm asthmatic and dyslexic
Can I apply for pip as I’m asthmatic and dyslexic ?
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Anyone with British gas
Hi I'm. With above and its direct debit They say I'm. Not paying enough and il. Be in debt if I don't increase my monthly payments I can't afford to Is, there any help as I've just been. Awarded lcwra
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Disabled woman fined more than £1,000 for parking in disabled spot
In an article on BBC News today, Cerys Gemma, who lives in Cardiff Bay, said the space allocated to her flat is inaccessible for her, because there is not enough space to access the car in her wheelchair. Instead, she has been using one of the parking spaces reserved for visitors with disabilities. New Generation Parking…
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Ill health retirement for local government pension. Has anyone appealed a decision by OH?
Hi im in the process of medical retirement and I have been assessed by OH as Tier 3. I would like to appeal this decision and wondered if anyone else had been in this situation. Thanks in advance
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Still waiting for the first half of the cost of living payment
Myself and my fiance are still waiting for our first cost of living payment. My fiance's twin and oldest sisters have had theirs, but us and his middle sis are still waiting for ours. I think my fiance is getting a little too impatient though as he was hoping to be able to use some of it so that he can get a few things…
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PIP declined. Devastated.
Hi all Im 43 have undiagnosed knee pain, I've been suffering for 12 months its being investigated it prevents me from walking. I use a walking stick. I have mental health issues as well that mean I feel I can't leave the house alone. I've put in for PIP got declined, then Mandatory reconsideration again declined. I only…
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Checked my bank this morning and got a nice surprise
At about 2.45am this morning I decided to check my bank (it does an automatic update every night from around 1.55am to 2.30am, so I couldn't check my bank before then). I wasn't expecting anything to be in, but when I looked at the screen on my phone I discovered that the first half of mine and my fiance's cost of living…
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How is the cost of living crisis impacting you?
Good afternoon :) Scope are trying
to find out how families with disabled children are being impacted by the Cost
of living crisis. We’d like to
know what issues you are experiencing during the cost of living crisis? What is
your primary worry at this time? For example, food, fuel, energy or something
else? This…
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Accountability time for dwp
From 2006 until recently I have had to battle through the pip system including two tribunals each giving a different award then to the upper tribunal due to error in law it has been extremely detrimental to my mental health especially as i was born with asd the chopping and changing and waiting for decisions to be made…
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Have you ever seen "Murderball," the doc about quad rugby-- & what did you think?
The documentary "Murderball," about quad rugby, really meant a lot to me when I first saw it in college-- just the fact that they were real people, shown with warts and all, seemed novel and important. The best summary I could come up with is: It’s a hell of a sports saga about quad rugby (murderball) teams, international…
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'The queer community needs to do better at representing the disabled community' - a chat with Ginny
We recently spoke to Ginny about their experience of being a young, disabled queer person. Ginny is aiming to gather a group of people to march together at Liverpool Pride, which takes place on 30 July 2022. Be sure to get in touch with them if you'd like to get involved :) Over to you... Will you be attending a Pride…
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Noel Gallagher's comments about disabled Glastonbury attendees
Scope responded to Noel's
comments on Twitter: What do you make of the situation?
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Hotels etc. for a fairly ambulant disabled but chronically sick person for a short break
I'd told the site to save my previous draft of a long post, but it hasn't, so I'll have to start again from scratch. Hey ho :-( I'd like to ask the forum for input on trying to find some accommodation for a short break for a person who is technically ambulant disabled, but can't actually walk very far, sit upright…
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Hi, my name is slochiel! Can anyone recommend any firms that sue local authorities?
Sadly, my first entry is not a happy one. I would like to take a disability discrimination claim against a local authority. I sustained a brain injury in the 1990s and it is a very misunderstood condition. So it is timely that Chris Bryant, chairman for the all political party re Acute Brain Injury is lobbying for a…
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Do you feel particularly impacted by the cost of living crisis?
With prices in supermarkets rising and energy bills soaring, we're all feeling the hit of the cost of living crisis. However, some people are likely to be more badly affected than others. This includes disabled people like Robert, who can't afford to charge his mobility scooter (BBC). I know there have been a number of…
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Do Scope send Cold Callers out to people's houses?
We just had two young fellas come to the door saying they where from Scope and wearing a chest plackard vest.
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Social care financial assessment - help for my brother re. care and equipment
Hello, please forgive the long and complicated post - but any advice would be really helpful! My brother has been in hospital for 2 months as he was very seriously ill. He has impaired mobility, which means that he can hardly walk, and has severe gout in his hands also, plus a host of other medical issues that need…
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Need help/advice
Hi, I'm not at all sure if anyone can help or if I'm even in the right place for what I need, hopefully I am... The problem I have is that I just been sanctioned again (1st one went in my favour) by universal credits for missing to many appointments, I just don't understand how this can be... I currently have depression,…
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Equality Act 2010
I am just wondering if there is any point to the Equality Act 2010. If a business discriminates, unless the individual takes out private action with great expense, nothing happens. A business, local to me, placed parking terms and conditions signs in an inaccessible location then fined disabled people for not adhering to…
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Does this sound like CFS?
Hi, I've joined to see if this sounds like CFS while I await my last set of blood tests. In 2016 I suddenly felt too tired to deal with stress and was in an abusive relationship. I've since got divorced and had a routine op to have my gall bladder removed. I thought the stress and the need for an op was the cause of my…
