Fibromyalgia affects 1% to 5% of Americans, mainly women, but until recently, scientists had no idea what might be causing its severe and mysterious pains. For decades, doctors told patients their agony was imaginary, the result of emotional hysteria, not a physical ailment.
Disability Rights UK are working, together with the Low Income Tax Reform Group (LITRG) to run a series of half day events exploring the tax implications of employing a personal assistant to meet health or social needs. LITRG have produced nine factsheets that will help you understand your tax and national insurance responsibilities if you are taking on a personal assistant. These are:
Rob Powell had to turn to payday loans to survive after blundering pen-pushers continually sent hIm letters he couldn't read
Ryan Conway, 27, has spina bifida and said his disability car was his "lifeline"
Rheumatoid arthritis patients are set to benefit from an influx of new treatments in the next eight years.
Our new internship programme is shaping the future for
