Scope's reply to the governments planned concessions to the green paper.

Wibbles said:

The amount of pain that you are in has never been a descriptor in PIP.

Presumably because they don't trust us to tell the truth - pain is a personally rated thing.

I am in constant pain - from arthritic shoulders, knees and spine - but when I applied for PIP after almost 20 years of DLA - I was surprised that there was no way on the form that I could explain the sheer pain that I suffer, 24/7.

Well I'm not sure if that is true:

• PIP is fopr the extra help you need for disablities;
• - opain is a medical symtom of lots of conditionsm, e.g. MSK;
• - you could put at the end of the PIP form how exactly it debilitates you, and thus make a case for extra help

Also please DO buy a copy of the Disability Rights Handbook, published by Disability Alliance on 1st April every year.

Please Google it, it is a benefits bible and well worth a look.

And re read, it gives you the state of play on PIPETC, will allay fears/ anxiety.

I strongly recommend people purchase it.

There are a lot of people who think this way unfortunately.

This is such an important point. AI has also already taken away jobs that some disabled people might have been able to do from home. I've certainly seen that in my own experience. So AI is hitting from every angle, the government is championing AI, yet apparently ignores the impact on the jobs market.

Different people have complained there is still profound ignorance of disability, and distress diagnose, and how it is real, painful and needing of PIP.

So, we need to keep educating the public, by putting our case in the media, for disability benefits, or not.

You can Google your local newspapers, radio, TV go on social media, and tell your story. BUT please prote4ct your heart, your hurt, your trauma and decide only what you wish to reveal and be clear about what your message is.

Journalists can be insensitive, and aggressive in getting their story.

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We are literally the ONLY COUNTRY in Western and Northern Europe which actively places Disabled people in a negative light.

There's such a thing as toxic positivity, and telling people who are concerned not just for their security but their very lives that they should basically be the better person or look on the bright side is frustrating.

It's hard all round and people have different situations and outlooks, and I don't wish terrible things on people but it's hard to feel pity seeing any of these politicians under stress, considering what they've been doing to millions with a smile and a smirk.