Disability

Agnia
Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 2,061 Connected
in Mental health and wellbeing

hi please could someone kindly explain who is called disabled person in UK and do i need a certificate to be classified as disabled person
Thank you

Kind regards

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 5,037 Championing

    In the UK generally you would go by the definition given in the equality act.

    There is no certification process or register of disabled people in this country.

    https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/resources/equality-act-and-disabled-people

  • Agnia
    Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 2,061 Connected

    Thank you

    Today i heard that im not disabled because i don’t have a certificate or letter from a doctor that im disabled and im not disabled

  • Agnia
    Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 2,061 Connected

    Thank you

    yes i do believe that i have disability and im not coping with every day life at all and im suffering from chronic insomnia anxiety deep depression and mobility problems

    i wanted to know who is called a disabled person in UK and do i need to have a special certificate to be recognised as a disabled person

    Does the person need to register themselves as a disabled to be recognised that this person is disabled

    i receive pip and Lcwra

  • Agnia
    Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 2,061 Connected

    Thank you for explaining it

  • Cantilip
    Cantilip Online Community Member Posts: 621 Empowering

    Hi @Agnia like @AKR I'm wondering who's saying this to you?

    For example, is it just someone such as a neighbour being unkind? Is it some official person saying you can't have something like a discount because you can't prove you're disabled?

  • Agnia
    Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 2,061 Connected

    hi thank you

    my family member that im not disabled because i don’t have certification

    im feeling unwell really now

  • Agnia
    Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 2,061 Connected

    im a burden

  • Jimm_Alumni
    Jimm_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,717 Championing

    Hi @Agnia, I think we might be able to best answer this if we have a bit more information about which organisation this is about.

    As @AKR asks, who is saying you need such a certificate, and what organisation are they in? When I say who I mean, what role are they.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,761 Championing
    edited September 2024

    my family member

    Hi Agnia,

    Do they not believe you use a wheelchair now? I'm sorry your family is so disappointing. Mine also is and it's very painful and lonely, I understand that.

    Did you get your needs assessment from the local council?

    I'm glad you have posted again 🙂

  • Agnia
    Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 2,061 Connected

    Thank you very much for all responses

    It’s really hard for me and im really feeling like a burden

  • Agnia
    Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 2,061 Connected

    yes and really truly feeling im a burden

  • Agnia
    Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 2,061 Connected

    i really don’t know how i survived all that i did hear in the past about myself and that i didn’t loose my mind yet

  • Agnia
    Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 2,061 Connected

    Thank you

    And thank you for each kind person who wrote to me here

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  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,761 Championing
    edited September 2024

    i really don’t know how i survived all that i did hear in the past about myself and that i didn’t loose my mind yet

    Because you are strong, because disabled people are strong, Agnia and because the twisted things they said are not true!

    People who say such things about one 'one of their own' are not well.

  • Agnia
    Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 2,061 Connected

    Thank you WhatThe im really not strong now im really feeling like a burden and scared and ill and i was in hell completely lonely and this is too much for me all what i heard and what happened

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,761 Championing
    edited September 2024

    Is it the time of year coming up to…December? (I used to start dreading it in September)

    Coming onto the forum is a good move.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,761 Championing

    you receive PIP and LCWRA. This is your certification.

  • Agnia
    Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 2,061 Connected

    Thank you

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,761 Championing

    Also a disabled person's bus pass (though I can't tell you how or where) and even if you never use it, it is valid photo ID and proof of disability.

  • Agnia
    Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 2,061 Connected

    Thank you im a housebound

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