MSE News: Welfare reforms 'to hit disabled'

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Around 500,000 disabled people are expected to lose out when the Disability Living Allowance is scrapped, says a report ...

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Welfare reforms 'to hit disabled'

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• Whilst the Gravy train at Westminster rolls on and on
• Why do the forum team post these things on this board? The threads only ever seem to go one way ...
• For some it is not the loss of the money they get from DLA that will be the problem, it is the other help options and benefits that come with it.
  For instance, I get a free parking space at work as I am 'registered disabled'. I can't use public transport as I'm unable to sit or stand for more than an hour and a half at a time (which is how long to takes on 2 buses to and from work), but driving is more expensive (more than twice the cost of public transport) and so the free parking space is a means for me to mitigate that extra cost.
  However, I only get that space as I am registered disabled. We all know there is no disabled register and what they actually mean is that I receive DLA.
  There are many other options for help out there that are only given on production of proof that you are disabled, which in 99% of cases is proof that you are in receipt of DLA.
  For example the Disabled persons bus pass- only issued on proof of receiveing DLA/AA.
  There is a suspicion that those who can self propel in a wheelchair will not get the new PIP which replaces DLA from next year.
  Does this mean a wheelchair bound person who can self propel, but does not satisfy the PIP criteria is not disabled?
  Why should a person who is disabled, but does not qualify for the benefit, or choses not to claim the benefit, be discriminated against when it comes to these other forms of help.
  Thats why I suggested there needs to be another way of being 'registered disabled' a few months ago on this forum, in order for all disabled people to be entitled to the further help that is available.