[access-uk] Re: count ourselves lucky
- From: Catherine Turner <catherineturner2007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 16:56:02 +0100
I agree with you to an extent as sometimes I feel lucky to have money
for being disabled and I see non disabled friends struggling in
different ways. But I think it's naive to imagaine that they will cut
the care component and then give blind people help with shopping,
housework etc. On the whole blind people aren't considered eligible
for support from Social Services at the moment, despite the criteria
which could easily be interpreted as meaning they are entitled. It's
all down to the Social Worker doing the assessment and the drive to
make cuts. So I think we should struggle to protect the benefits we
already have because I don't want to see them disappear into some big
pot which we won't get anything out of.
Catherine
On 8/6/09, william lomas <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Imagine this.
> You have sighted family members, as I do, who are sadly out of work
> now. All they get is 40 pounds a week. 40 pounds, a week?
> Us, as the blind get a lot more money than they do we are to greedy be
> grateful we even get money due to our disability paid for by the
> taxworker!
> If they cut the care component and make us accept help from social
> services for shopping, housework etc. I think we should go for it.
> that way we are showing we actually need the care component as part of
> our DLA.
> When the high rate of Mobility component comes into play we are
> gettingmore than enough it is just in my view, greed, and due to the
> recession unfortunately cutbacks will ahve to be made and I think that
> the disabled will be the ones to get them. Even if this motion doesn't
> go through with cuts of attendance and or DLA allowance, we will get
> some cuts I am sure of it, in other benefits. The government want us
> all off benifits and looking for work I read that Incapacity and
> Income support are inactive benifits
>
> Will
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