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Are you feeling the costs of being disabled more this year?

Actress and disability campaigner Samantha Renke spoke out in yesterday's Metro about how covid-19 has negatively impacted her finances.
Talking about her income being cut by a reduction in work, Samantha described how the extra costs she accrued due to being disabled exacerbated her disadvantage.
Giving examples of this, she said:
Talking about her income being cut by a reduction in work, Samantha described how the extra costs she accrued due to being disabled exacerbated her disadvantage.
Giving examples of this, she said:
As I’ve been shielding as much as possible, I’ve relied on delivery services for my shopping and groceries. Yet I’ve found that most budget supermarkets don’t offer a delivery service, so it’s costing more in the first place. On top of that, I have to meet the minimum spend requirements.
Scope have campaigned about the additional costs disabled people face and produced a report about it in 2019 called the Disability Price tag. Nevertheless, since this the pandemic has changed the financial landscape even more meaning things are now arguably tighter than ever.
So how are you feeling this shift? Have you managed to remain (thankfully) unaffected, or are things financially tough? What extra costs are your personal bug bear? Let us know.
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I despair.
If I remember rightly, were you challenging this? Or, is there anything you can do about it? Please let me know if us at Scope can help.
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I'm still fighting a legal case against Social Services for reducing my care hours 19 months ago. They are being deliberately obstructive.
Hi @Oxonlady, I'm really sorry to hear this! Have they reduced your hours but increased your contributions?
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I agree with some of the above about cost of shopping and that low budget shops dont offer online shopping forcing you to shop at more expensive stores
I feel my costs have decreased though due to not being able to go out and do liesure activities.
I cant go out alone and when we do go out we use a taxi and we always went at least once a month to the cinema and for something to eat which in itself cost around £100 all in but it was money well sent to have the quality time together.
During lockdown as we were not allowed to go out and non essential shops were closed, restaurants, hairdressers and so on this reduced my spending
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I'd like to see any of the politicians living on the minimum income!
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I'm also doing a lot with connecting to media otherwise. I talk online to ladies - a lot in the States, also in Ghana and I might just get some position that I would need to have, if I connected to someone. Like my carer was going to take me to Nigeria but the way the authorities have messed everything up, I seem to be heading for another winter here which I will have a problem with. Getting some thing in the media might get me into a vital position in this. I've made a lot of connections via links on Aljazeera. Also making connections online with comedians like Sarah Cooper, Blair Erskine and Regina Decico.
Were you going to visit an online friend in Nigeria? Yes, it's not looking too hopeful for travel over the winter unfortunately. Maybe next year some time instead?
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