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Boxes and Pigeonholes. We just don’t fit.

This morning has been interesting. I have been asked if I could write something about how the British Welfare Benefits system does not take into account the needs and difficulties experienced by disabled people with a medical condition where the effects of the condition fluctuate, so, here goes!

8 Mar 2016
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Stop it now, before it’s too late

One of the things I have seen online today that has made me think is an article about one of the 7/7 survivors who is having to go through the humiliating experience of applying for Employment Support Allowance. This man is a double amputee who has lost an eye and his spleen and is now a wheelchair user. The article is concerned with how awful it is that someone, who was so severely injured due to a terrorist act, and whose injuries are a matter of record, has to prove he is disabled in order to receive support.

7 Mar 2016
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Our Radio

Our Radio is a community orientated online radio station. I support people with a learning disability to run it and it is one of the best things I have ever been involved with. The station came about in 2014 when, inspired by a course we were doing at Resonance FM, the group I was working with decided they would like to set up and run their own station. Together with the amazing fundraising team from Mencap I helped raise some money for the group and we haven't looked back since then. I have been involved in radio for 20 years now and Our Radio beats all other stations hands down.

6 Mar 2016
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