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Welfare to Work policy 'casts the disabled as cheats'
a worrying article has appeared in the guardian in regards to the disabled and the portrayal of them to the public,give rise to suspicion and sometimes hate being whipped up.
sadly the comment left here typifies the discrimination those face with mental health problems are facing in applying for work.the real world.
And what of the mentally ill?
Physically they may be OK but do you really want dangerous and mad people working in sensitive environments just because the tests show they can pick a phone up or carry a sack of cement.
Maybe once one or two of these people have run amok in the workplace it might make ministers realise that its not just a wheelchair that makes people disabled.
Re: Welfare to Work policy 'casts the disabled as cheats'
Originally Posted by seen this before
And what of the mentally ill?
Physically they may be OK but do you really want dangerous and mad people working in sensitive environments just because the tests show they can pick a phone up or carry a sack of cement.
Maybe once one or two of these people have run amok in the workplace it might make ministers realise that its not just a wheelchair that makes people disabled.
it's been quite a while since i had the asessment to see if i was too ill to work.
asessing someone on wether that can pick up certain things...how do they walk...can they prepare a meal...can they dress themselves...can they get in/out of bed...can they wash themseves...none of it applies to mental illnesses.
at the time of the asessment i had had it was due to depression, self-harm, anxiety and anorexia.
could i prepare a meal...yes but anorexia obviously meant that i didn't.
could i wash myself, get in/out of bed, dress myself...yes but depression [and other mental illnesses] often mean you don't do those things cause you don't care about yourself.
could i walk, pick up stuff...of course i could...the only physical issues i had were mainly caused by the anorexia....such as fainting and being weak.
i went to a&e loads of times cause i fainted/collapsed and self-harm...they just send you home.
they even said i wasn't ill enough for DLA because i hadn't been admitted to the psych' ward!
people with ED's are only admitted to the psych' ward if thier weight is do low that they are force-fed...so it's not a common thing.
not to mention the fact i would have done anything to stay out of the ward. that's the last place i wanted to be!
like you said you don't have to be in a wheelchair to be disabled.
they need a separate set of questions for mental illnesses.
Re: Welfare to Work policy 'casts the disabled as cheats'
Despite the Government campaign to label many disabled people as workshy, I think even PR man Cameron will have a job selling cancer patients with 'more than 6 months to live' as skivers. But then the Government's done a pretty good job labeling nurses, care workers and teachers as overpaid money-grabbers, so anything's possible.
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I have just got DLA and ESA support group, yes I can cook for myself, wash myself, dress ect but it takes me hours to recover after! Plus being with large amounts of people is a danger for me...infection danger and physical danger! One nudge or bump to my abdomen could mean serious injury problems!
Re: Welfare to Work policy 'casts the disabled as cheats'
Originally Posted by Sparks_
I have just got DLA and ESA support group, yes I can cook for myself, wash myself, dress ect but it takes me hours to recover after! Plus being with large amounts of people is a danger for me...infection danger and physical danger! One nudge or bump to my abdomen could mean serious injury problems!
I have just been turned down for DLA im on ESA.....im not working and my wife is not working as she has to help me most of the time,
im about to appeal! and im going to give it to them big time......
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