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Hi, my name is Crampton63! We're having a nightmare with our landlady
Having nightmare with our landlady
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Grants to buy a laptop or tablet?
Hi I have a client who is on ESA and PIP, she wants to get connected online and learn new skills - she needs a grant to buy a lap top or tablet, any ideas where to search? I have explained to her that she could consider buying good used laptops on eBay or other platforms. Most grant Trusts rarely fund equipment like…
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How much housing benefit am I entitled to?
Hi I have been placed in the lwrca group as of the April the 23rd. I am currently also in receipt of p.i.p the (lower rate) for my mental health. I am currently single over 25 and living with my grandparents. I'm also in housing band D for my area what type of medical evidence do I need to be warranted being put into a…
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I need to secure wheelchair accessible accommodation quickly. Anyone got any suggestions?
Urgent support & help - I have secured a permanent NHS job in South Devon. However, i had to give up my rented flat when my previous employer discriminated against me. I'm currently taking them to a tribunal. I need to secure some accessible accommodation within 15 miles commute of Newton Abbot. I'm looking to rent a…
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Has anyone ever had an operation to help with spinal stenosis?
I am 33 year old with two kind of spinal stenosis, bulging disc, slip disc, sciatica. I gave up my security job a year ago as my condition stopped me from working. I have got mental health problem as my job was full on, from talking to customer to stopping shoplifter. I have 5 kids and I try my best to look after them. My…
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anybody got a shared ownership or help to buy property
would love to hear your experience of getting a mortgage I'm a would be first time buyer
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Genie wheelchair
I hope this is ok to post here.We purchased a Genie standing powered wheelchair for our mum, unfortunately she died shortly afterwards and hardly used it. We would like it to be used if possible. Please contact me for more information.
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Metal box for electric wheel chair
I live in a small house, no where to keep a electric wheelchair, couldnt get it over the threshold anyway, so ive put off getting 1, staying indoors or relying on a friend to push me in my wheelchair which is foldable and stays in the house. I have recently seen a metal green box out side some1s house that i saw her…
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My partner's credit check flagged she had a CCJ from 2018, but I paid this back. What can I do?
Hi i have autism and struggling to understand I have gone for a property to rent through estate agents i have had trouble with these before and ive made a complaint However today i got a call regarding a property thwy got all my information and my partners and was about to send the application to the landlord but then they…
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does anybody have a mobility scooter and how did you get one
I have problems with my knees and cant walk. I am waiting for a mobility car but I wondered if I could use something to enable me to go to the shops etc. Anybody else got one and how did you get it did you have to pay yourself ? I don't know if I will get one as getting a motobility car . also how are you today
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SPASTICITY IN HANDS
Hi Folks Can someone kindly advice if there are any support groups where ideas can be shared with individuals living with spasticity in your hands? Thank You
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how to block noise and light, to sleep?
Somewhere I read a user list of handy hints, including two of great interest. a) How to block sound at night, not with earplugs, but instead with earphones which are suited for sleeping in. b) How to block light at night, with a mask which does not press the eyeballs. I cannot find the list, (was it forwarded via somebody…
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I've done an appeal at Valuation Service Tribunal over council tax reduction. Who can I speak to?
Hi everybody, my is Jo I am a 65 years old woman who suffers from a painful medical condition called Sickle Cell Disease. As a disabled vulnerable tenant with my council for over thirty years they are saying I'm not eligible for a council tax band reduction they have not communicated with me for 2 years even with their…
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Fibromyalgia
Hi guys I have fibromyalgia for 4 years now. Its been not so bad at first but now to this day I can barely walk without being in pain this is a recent thing and I was thinking of getting a walking stick or a mobility scooter so I can still have bit of my freedom. But I don't know what to do people will judge me.
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Hey ever one, I'm having an EEG today at the hospital.
A bit anxious about my hospital appointment, today it's electroencephalography wow long word to say when going into the hospital I have the train sport divers taken in me, just hope thing go little different this time but just have to wait for a see ?
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disabled access problem advice needed please
hi my name is bob [removed by moderator - full name] and i am a new member. i have recently become a wheelchair user, i am 73. i need my landlord orbit housing to adapt the main door to my flats so i can open and close the door with a fob from my chair. orbit have refused to help, because the door is in a communal area.…
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Disabled Facilities Grant for Visually Impaired Teen.
Hello, I'm new here, Does anyone have any experience of applying for a disabled facilities grant? My son (18) has a visual impairment. His bedroom is very small with a sloping ceiling, he has one velux window which he cannot properly see out of. He is extremely short sighted and I think not being able to exercise his long…
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Hi, my name is stanley011! Should a mobility scooter have GPS?
I'm disabled and have a mobility scooter a wire came loose in the battery compartment and I noticed a GPS device is this legal
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Hi, I'm ghosthunter! Has anyone else had osteophytes (bone spur) on vertebrae?
Hi everyone, newbie here. I've had spinal problems for years now. In 2014 I had a stenosis that almost paralysed me. I had a right side laminectomy. That didn't work, so later on in the same year, I had a full discectomy and screws and rod at L4-L5. I also had a partial discectomy at L3-L4. The problem in progressing…
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Meeting with the council today to see if they've found me a new house
Well today i have big zoom meeting with the councíl tó see if they have pulled there fingers out there báckside and found me and my family a new house as i suffer really bad with anxiety my partner is doing it then after meeting i have tó go to hospitál for my lil boys meds hes on a very powerful sleeper and its only…