Official thread: ‘Get Britain Working’ White Paper released Tuesday 26th November

I think they are focusing on everyone. On Question time one of the panel said that women over 50 were out of work due to the menopause. Where do they get this stuff from!!

The sanctions on IC don't work because that is creating fear, stress, anxiety and likely the reason that's gone up over the last ten years since it was introduced.

In my experience, with getting LWCRA and PIP, ect is all depending on who the assessor is to be honest.

If you get a nice and genuine assessor you'll be fine. If you get someone who just wants to save the government money, you're screwed.

@Albus_Scope

I have several long term conditions that are physical, autoimmune, neurological and mental health related and I am classed as having a disability in all of them. Not just physical or mental.

@whistles as a nation we were very badly affected by the mistakes made by the governments handling of covid and have a lot of cases of long covid which is debilitating and not just mental health conditions. The whole area of long covid, mecfs and fibromyalgia is all underfunded, misunderstood and stigmatised.

I am feeling quite overwhelmed by the discussions on here where there seems to be a hierarchy of thoughts on disability. I have a long term sickness which has caused me to be unable to work and very badly affects my ability to do daily tasks. I am still disabled. I joined Scope to get support from the disability community but don't feel like that is happening due to the disabilities that I have that are all invisible and I am struggling massively with life and feeling like a burden due to my 'inability to contribute to society'

Dear Albus_Scope

I am feeling quite overwhelmed by the discussions on here where there seems to be a hierarchy of thoughts on disability.

I have a long term sickness which has caused me to be unable to work and very badly affects my ability to do daily tasks. I am still disabled.

I joined Scope to get support from the disability community but don't feel like that is happening due to the disabilities that I have that are all invisible and I am struggling massively with life and feeling like a burden due to my 'inability to contribute to society'

I think many 1000s of people would agree with your feelings of being overwhelmed, feeling like a burden, and hierarchy. I certainly do. However please keep going, persist, you will find a way: perhaps Googling Disability Support, arts, therapy, advocacy groups with your postcode.

I wish you well, we all suffer, and that is our opportunity to find and share compassion.

Try to develop self-compassion, and be kind to yourself

Relaxation and mediation can help; again just Google these later

Never give up on yourself, and others with similar and different needs to your.

Respect

Milan Ghosh.

Dear Tumulty

Is ESA the one where you won't need medical assessment again please,

LCRWA I think that I been on.

By referring I think you are referring to legal exemptions from benefit assessment tests, if claimants have certain sever diagnoses. Correct?

Please explain further, including both abbreviations

Milan, I completely agree with you! I have read few shocking comments on here in the last couple of weeks! One person was aggressively suggesting that disabled people or long-term ill people need to work with the government to get back to work to avoid future reform government which will be much worse! and I found that to be such toxic suggestion because it implies that we long-term ill people and disabled people are not even trying to contribute to society because we don’t want to! I was actually really hurt by such a comment which was left by the moderators in here! I have found comfort and support on this website and been helped by really kind people but lately some people have been using such derogatory and hurtful language which makes me not want to come here anymore.