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Swimming for blind
Hi I've not been swimming since losing my sight, how do sight impaired people get around the changing rooms to pool etc., are there any special sessions ?
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Wheelchair week for MP's
Do you think it would be a good idea for the likes of Scope to have a wheelchair week for MP's? It would raise the awareness of everyday barriers for wheelchair users and thing might change for the better. After all the Equality Act has not made life easier for us.
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Mental health issues
A very good evening my friends I hope we are all well the best we can be if there's any folks on here who have mental health issues recently I was given a load of advice regarding DWP benefits and back pay which I looked into and was highly highly beneficial so if there's anybody out there that suffers with mental health…
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Low Active
Hello all, I suffer with Depression & Anxiety, Migraines and Allergies. I very rarely go out on my own and my health is starting to suffer. My blood pressure and heart rate sitting is creeping up to a level i am very uncomfortable with and i don't want to give myself type 2 diabetes either. I also don't want anymore tables…
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Fibromyalgia - What helps you?
Hey folks, Im diagnosed with fibromyalgia for many years now. About 6 months ago i was really struggling with daily pain and tiredness and asked my doctor to try me on duloxetine/ cymbalta. I was very happy that within a few weeks i had a lot less pain and a lot more energy but also i started getting really instense low…
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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…
