Hi, my name is Emjaye!

Emjaye

Hello everyone my name is Mary and I was diagnosed with Type 2 Achalasia last year

SueHeath

Good Morning @Emjaye welcome to our great group. I hope your well this Thursday morning.
When your ready have a look around the site, we have lots going on, you can join in with any of the chats or ask your own question, any problems just ask someone is bound to be on line to give you a hand. 
The coffee lounge under categories is a great place to meet some of the members, have general chats even play a few number games if you wish. Enjoy 

Emjaye

Thank you, I sure will

Alex_Alumni

Hello and welcome @Emjaye and thanks for telling us a bit about yourself  

Let us know if there's anything we can support you with, and enjoy getting to know the community!

Emjaye

Thanks Alex. I have one question and it's a question I have been researching since diagnosis with Achalasia. Is Achalasia considered a disability in the UK? Need someone to shed some light on this. I

durhamjaide2001

Emjaye said:

Thanks Alex. I have one question and it's a question I have been researching since diagnosis with Achalasia. Is Achalasia considered a disability in the UK? Need someone to shed some light on this. I

Hi I have also been researching it as well for you. It's a chronic illness which is classed as a disability. 

Cartini

durhamjaide2001 said:

Emjaye said:

Thanks Alex. I have one question and it's a question I have been researching since diagnosis with Achalasia. Is Achalasia considered a disability in the UK? Need someone to shed some light on this. I

Hi I have also been researching it as well for you. It's a chronic illness which is classed as a disability. 

Hi - do you have any links that describe achalasia as a disability?

Emjaye

Thanks, but it doesn't appear so to DWP, so I get on with looking after myself by myself. Thanks. Again. I'll continue to be apart of Scope and Thanks fir welcoming me.

Emjaye

I too would like to see that link because I have been searching, only my my workplace OH told me it's classified as a disability 

SussexMumof2

Did you get any further with this? I have achalasia and it is incredibly disruptive to my life but due to it being so rare, it seems hard to convey the severity to DWP or my employer.