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University and LCWRA/UC
hi everyone :) I'm hoping for a bit of advice if possible, I'm sorry if this is insanely long! I'm currently on LCWRA/UC for mental health struggles and rent alone, prior to receiving lcwra I was a student at university but I had to drop out in my first year due to my mental health which ultimately effected my physical…
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Hi, my name is christy62!
Hello Friends, I have filled in my migration to UC online. But i have just recieved a text from the job centre stating they want to see me in person. Does anyone on here please have any idea why the JC would want to see me please? Like so many people on this forum i suffer with anxiety and depression. An now recieving this…
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Hello
Hi, just joined. Hope you're all having a good evening!
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Hi, my name is Pikachu123!
Hi...I'm new here....just joined as I am very worried about the recent proposals to cut Disability Benefits..😪
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Hi, my name is Mel70!
Hi I am Mel I am New to this Group
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Hi, my name is petellay!
Hi my name is Pete. Even though I struggled for the last two years of my employment through disability ( spinal stenosis and prostrate problems etc.) I was determined to stay in work until my retirement date which was nearly three years ago. I was able to continue with my employment with the great help of my employers at…
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What if you had pip since you were little and you reply on and you are working but the hours are only part time meaning you have use pip just to pay your bills I'm worried that I lose my pip without been informed I haven't been paid it this month my dad help me get pip when I was 6 years old know the changes mean I have to…
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Hi, my name is Duranie86!
Hi, just joined the forum. im petrified. I have ER PIP for both elements M, old style ESS including severe disability premium. im 100% I won’t score 4 points in any section despite matching the criteria for not being able to prepare a meal alone - nerve damage to hands and feet/lower legs makes me unsafe around anything…
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Hi, my name is BeverlyAnn!
I receive PIP and work full time. I work from home and had to take a massive pay cut so that I could carry on working as going into an office is simply not an option. I live in a village and need a car to get me out even to go to the shop. I don't get full mobility but get full daily living. If I lost PIP I would not be…
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Wheelchair Advice
Hi I'm Callum I have cerebral palsy and chiari malformation and a few other bits and bobs 😂 thought I would join and ask some advice on wheelchairs I have an NHS had this for 15 years or so used on and off but as time goes on I'm using it more and more and just trying to find out how you'd go about getting a new one I…
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Hi, my name is Mutleyhehe!
Hi All, What annoys me about all of this attack on disability is the following. NHS writes you off at a certain stage as nothing further can be done? NHS won't even change medications due to the prescribing laws on opiates so your stuck in the spiral of what you are on. If you work and can't do the job you get let go or…
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Hi, my name is loo2410!
Hi everyone
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Hi, my name is ords54!
Hello I have got a disability and I am not sure what is going on bit confused.
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Hi, my name is wall1409!
I have cormorbiditities but I am deeply concerned about these PIP changes as I have osteoarthritis osteoporosis RA sjogrens ILD bronchiastasis and cognitive issues through a brain hemorraghe so I believe I will be targeted. I’ve been on an ongoing award so far. I also have sleep apnea, I stop breathing during sleep. Why…
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IR ESA to UC
I have to transfer from IR ESA to UC soon. I have read that some people are being reassessed when they migrate to UC. I am also in receipt of SDP & PIP. I had to ask for proof of ESA a while ago for the old style Warm Home Discount. The letter said my ESA was 'ongoing'. Just wondered what this means & why people being…
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Hi, my name is Anna2307!
Hi Everyone, I've joined in the hope I'll feel less alone - I am a disabled carer - I became sick with long COVID in 2020 - my son is life limited he has a rare degenerative brain condition which is linked to MnD - he's lost his mobility, he's got dementia, slow processing speed, he has absence seizures, narcolepsy he's…
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Hi, my name is Sezzajezza90!
I’m absolutely terrified for me and my son about these ‘reforms’ I have Crohn's, autism and avascular necrosis and rheumatoid arthritis. My son also has autism too and that’s what scares me the most.. what sort of society is he going to grow up in?
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Hi, my name is bellapug!
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Hi, my name is poolelass75!
I've just joined today and I'm absolutely broken over what the government are planning to do. I had herniated discs after an accident at work but after years of physio, hydropool therapy and many injections failing to fix me I have been left with permanent severe nerve damage to the spine as the bulging disc had been…
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Hi newbie here.
Saying hello & looking for advice as receiving conflicting info. Have a child who will be finishing 6th form this June & possibly first generation to attend University and another hopefully starting an apprenticeship in Hybrid/EV mechanics after GCSE. I work 24hrs a week but was diagnosed with bilateral degenerative…
