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Should I still carry on working
I have had cancer, 2 years ago, and since treatment have developed other issues including fybromyalgia, I'm getting uc and lcwra, I'm 59, single, I still work a few hours part time but can no longer do the job like I used to. With the pain I now get I'm struggling more and more. I chose to do a few hours to help my mental…
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Hi, my name is lampshade60! Received a confusing letter from the Jobcentre
I have been finished from work on ill health grounds as I have not been able to work for over a year. I have a serious progressive illness. I applied for ESA online and sent in my sick notes. I haven’t yet received an ESA 50 form. I completed the online questions for the initial application, listing my illnesses etc. I…
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Access to work - support worker
I need to apply for Access to Work to pay for a support worker/PA - does anyone have any experience of this? How they assess you, what they deem necessary, What/when/how they pay, can I find my own PA (I already have one for personal care). Please help, causing a lot of stress!
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Access to Work, talking to future employer about it
Hi everyone! So I recently completed my BA course at University this May, and found out today I have secured a job in my field, motion graphics!! I start in two weeks and I was wondering when to apply for Access to Work and how to talk to my employer about it as I haven't told them about my autism yet (High functioning…
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Feeling so sad not being employed because of my mental illness
Even tho my partner and my nurse tell me I shouldn’t work I always look for little cleaning Jobs even tho part of me knows I shouldn’t be working because stress causes my anxiety then the anxiety turns into pychosis . I’m feeling down because when I was in hospital I was offered this little cleaning job which I turned Down…
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Wish I was well enough to work
I feel like My mental illness and medication Will mean I can never work again that’s how I feel . I’m blessed that my partner has a good job and he pay the bills he only wants me to rest and get better but I just want to work my nurse said I need to come to terms with my mental illness and my limitations but I struggle to…
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Referal for Autism man aged 55
Hi everyone, and thank you for the lovely introductions, much appreciated! My father died in December from Cancer. He was my mentor in a way. He told me I could cope with anything. I have been 'different' all my life and never understood why I never married or did 'normal' things that other people my age had got around to.…
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First post and the feeling of being an imposter
Hello everyone I have a little bit of imposter syndrome in joining the community. I'm currently at a difficult crossroads in my life because I really don't know where to go next. I have chronic pain and it impacts on my mobility. I now walk everywhere with a stick and have had my bathroom equipped with a handrail beside…
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employment - Good and bad
Hi everyone, I am currently trying to help people with disabilities start, or go back to work. As someone who is partially sighted and recently gone back to work, I know this can be extremely daunting and I would like to help. In order for that to happen, I need to know what the problems are. Is it that people are being…
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Setting up my own photography business online
He hello my name is Clare and I would like to set up my own photography business online. Photography has been a passion of mine for many years and I would like to turn it into a business. I already have a Facebook Page and a Website set up. The reason why I am doing this is because I’ve struggled for many years to get a…
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Have a club foot, perimenopausal symptoms, and osteoarthritis. Going to look for a better job
So I work in retail have worked for the same company for 28 years haven’t been sick before have got a disability but it does define me, I was born with club foot but at the age of 47 peri menopause hit like truck and I started having cluster migraines which started making fall over and that started me having anxiety with…
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Entering Local Politics
I need a little advise on accessibility of policies for starters. I have no answers from Calc and Nalc so far . I've asked for the policies to be added to the website but was refused as they are 'private to our parish and are held in the office and available at request' This is not accessibility or inclusion to me but I…
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Does your impairment give you skills that are useful in the workplace?
Full article: People with dyslexia have skills that we need, says GCHQ (The Guardian) Has your impairment given you employability skills others may not have? Do you think other employers should actively seek out neurodiverse employees?
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Terrified to return to work because of Covid
Hi, I suffer with anxiety and OCD, which has been made so much worse by the pandemic. ? Especially after shielding for so long due to having Rheumatoid Arthritis and Asthma, the idea of mixing with so many people just terrifies me. ? I also live in one of the variant hotspots. With restrictions soon fo be eased and people…
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Hi, my name is John_! I'm campaigning for workplace rights
Hi Guys, my name is Jon and I’m campaigning for rights at my workplace the "Removed by moderator, reference to specific workplace) I have been treated very badly and bullied due to my disability, I was forced to walk around the office in a loop to take my breaks …people refused to sit next to me, I was not allowed in the…
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Offered interview but haven't told them about my chronic pain.. how do I tell them?
I applied for a part time retail job for 16 hrs a week. I probably shouldn't have as I've worked retail jobs in the past that caused pain flare ups and fatigue. But I was so stressed last night about being unemployed that I applied for it. Afterwards I was hoping they wouldn't contact me but they emailed me today inviting…
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Hi, my name is emmy21! Question about setting up my own business
Hi everyone I am new here and looking for some advise on going back to work, but I'm so unsure as to what I need to do. I would like to set up my own business, as I am not good socially around people or in a workplace, because of my special needs disability. I have receive high disability and PIP for my learning…
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Hi, my name is funkytia1! Continuing to work and benefits
Hi can anyone help I currently work 11 hrs a week on universal credit but have fibromyalgia and have been advised by my dr not to work . I have applied for pips.(no decision yet) but am worried if I don’t get pips I will have to continue to work . X
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Disability component of the Equality Act 2010
If you have a report from a occupational health practitioner from October 2018 which clearly states that my medical condition of anxiety and depression would fall under the disability component of the Equality Act 2010. What would it mean going forward
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Terrified to work
Hi, I'm a 23 year old woman who is terrified at returning to work and I'm not sure what to do. I'm autistic and have adhd. I also have cPTSD, anxiety and OCD which are undiagnosed and I have no intentions of getting a formal dx. I am in therapy though. apologies in advance, this is long and not fully coherent, but i hope…
