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the assessors don’t award it . It’s almost as though they saw this coming
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No they don't. Who knows how this is all going to play out. The Green Paper hasn't even said anything about long term awards (light touch). I think with this government every claimant is going to be fair game by the looks of it.
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I don’t know how they award 10 year light touch awards . There’s no cure for my conditions but my last assessor gave me two years. Dwp increased it to 3 . I can’t get better with age can only get worse.
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I was awarded it the last time I was assessed. I suffered a SCI. However I was assessed every 3 years before that. 🙄
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I was first awarded enhanced for living and mobility for 4 years in 2016 and out of the blue I received a letter in 2019 saying it had been reviewed and was changed to an ongoing award for both and wouldn't be looked at again til 2029. 13 points for daily living (4, 4, 3 and 2) and mobility 12 points, so it's really worrying to think the daily living could be taken away if I don't get the 4's next time around if they change the descriptors. I'm guessing what was said previously won't count for anything either?
You shouldn't have to fight and appeal all these draconian measures, we would all love to not be reliable on the state and have our health back!!
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hi , I don’t know what an SCI is but I’ve always had to fight at appeal or tribunal. It’s draining as I can’t be cured so they’re doing it on purpose.
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I also get 13 points for care but no 4 points and was advised badly when I went to MR over mobility. I wish I had appealed the 4 points then but will next time . I’m sure with your score you’ll be fine though .
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SCI is short for spinal cord injury @secretsquirrel1
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omg that sounds awful. They definitely can’t take your points away. It’s all so terrible like we are left playing the lottery . Whoever has the worse condition wins the prize . Totally disgusting when you think what we are fighting for they get in expenses every day .
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SCIs like everything else can vary. It's often through trauma, & can result in paraplegia/tetraplegia. One tetraplegic I worked with really shouldn't have survived as his lesion was so high. He was the most amazing person going around the ward in his adapted electric wheelchair which he could only control with the pressure from his chin when he was able inspiring all the younger paraplegics; I'll never forget Pat.
Nor the tetraplegic that frequently beat me at table tennis having had the bats strapped onto his wrists & hands! They both found what they could do & never gave up even if the latter was at my expense 😊
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I emailed starmer , Reeves , Kendall , Rayner and Timms months ago saying exactly that . I told them they keep stating there are millions of disabled people, well that’s a lot of votes to lose. Today I emailed Emily Thornberry my previous MP who actually helped me fight for PIP in the past. There was a demonstration outside her offices and town hall last week too. I think maybe it would be helpful if we had a list of MPs we should email whether they’re our MPs or not . I’m not expecting a response but it shows them how we feel. They all need us to let them know if they abstain or vote for the cuts they lose our vote. I actually read what the MP said and couldn’t believe how blatant his selfishness was . Total lack of self awareness.
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It's so unfair @secretsquirrel1. I suffered a spinal cord injury. x
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Being reported in The TImes newspaper today 'spending on disability benefits to soar by 2030 despite cuts'.
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https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/disability-benefit-spending-rise-claimants-5rnqmkw77
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What is valuable in your message is that you realize that you are a participant in a war. An eternal war between the people and the government. Losses are guaranteed if you play only by the government's rules, you must use the government's methods against it.
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Is this legal?
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This is just some anonymous scribble. It turns out that the government can introduce any rules for summing up points and no one can object to it at all, did I understand correctly?
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What did they say ?
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