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UC and Work Capability Assessments for disabled students

forgoodnesssake
forgoodnesssake Online Community Member Posts: 533 Empowering
May 2017 edited June 2017 in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
How are disabled young people expected to actually get an education so that they can then get gainful emplyment?!
https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2017/may/dwp-deny-work-capability-assessments-disabled-students

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  • MikeBroderick
    MikeBroderick Online Community Member Posts: 234 Empowering
    June 2017
    Hi @forgoodnesssake:

    Thanks for the information. This does sound like a potential Catch 22 and a difficult situation.

    I wonder if folks in the Ask a Benefits section could advise?
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