DLA

Parking Mad

5th
April

This morning I woke to the news that our beloved Chancellor George Osborne has been caught parking in a bay reserved for disabled people – my heart sank.

“What’s the harm in that?” you might ask, “we all… read more

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In Loving Memory

1st
April

It’s April Fools’ Day, a day recognised all over the world as the time for jolly pranks and elaborate hoaxes. Today we’ll read absurd stories about spaghetti growing on trees, interruptions to gravity or read more

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Four Words Further Forward

2nd
February

A few weeks ago I wrote about the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP), the disability benefit that’s due to start replacing Disability Living Allowance (DLA) from April.

There are many big concerns about PIP, which appears to be… read more

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This Is Going to be the Phrase that Saves You

14th
January

Today I’m going to write about four very important words and none of them is ‘Biscuit.’

Yesterday I wrote about the changes to the assessment process for the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which will replace read more

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Attention Everybody with a Body

13th
January

I’ve written about the Government’s poorly conceived and callous Welfare Reform Bill many times in the last two years, often saying how scared these policies make me feel. Leftwing Idiot doesn’t like it when I say this – understandably… read more

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Bent Backs and Fight Backs

20th
October
2012

I started writing this post in the early hours of yesterday morning. I was feeling tense and restless and initially I couldn’t work out why, but my mind kept coming back to my wheelchair. Two weeks ago I wrote with… read more

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Time For Some Action

31st
August
2012

I took the day off work today. It wasn’t because I was ill or had a relaxing holiday planned but because I wanted to be at a protest against the drastic cuts to disability and sickness benefits that… read more

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Two Years of Tories

13th
May
2012

Two years ago this week two important things happened that have had a big impact on my life.

The first was finding out about a government scheme called Access to Work which provides support to disabled people at work.… read more

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Destruction Day for DLA

17th
January
2012

There isn’t much to say other than that I’m very sad that the Lords have failed to delay the destruction of Disability Living Allowance (DLA). Despite the compelling evidence and testimonies of disabled… read more

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Why Everyone Needs to Know About Spartacus

16th
January
2012

To most people Spartacus was just a famous historical figure, leader of a revolt of the slaves against the Roman republic, and hero of numerous film and TV dramas. To an ever-increasing number of people Spartacus now means the last… read more

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