Personal Independence Payment: aids and appliances descriptors
This consultation closes at 29 January 2016 5:00pm
15 Dec 2015
This consultation closes at 29 January 2016 5:00pm
I'm Sam, I'm 25 and I live on the Isle of Wight with my Nan. Today I spoke at Parliament, which is where MPs meet to make important decisions that can impact people's life. I shared my fears over changes to benefits and told politicians how I might be affected if they are cut. I was there for a discussion called a Parliamentary review. The discussion was about the planned cut of £30 a week from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for those in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG). The review was led by independent Peers in the House of Lords - Lord Low of Dalston, Baroness Meacher and Baroness Grey-Thompson, it was supported by Mencap and other charities.
Disabled people's income can be low or vary wildly depending on health. This can make buying a home, and the accessibility that brings, difficult.
'Using an accessible toilet or disabled parking space isn't a luxury or a privilege'Istock
What do you call it when someone says one thing but their actions show they really mean something quite different? There's a few words and none of them are very nice. Neither is what's happened to the Disabled Students Allowance.
This year, on the United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities, meet Maj. David Yaakov Shaulker, who serves in the Material Directorate of the IAF on w wheel chair. Ever since he was injured and a violent tumor was discovered, the IAF accompanied him all the way and is a second family to him. "If not for the IAF support, I may not have been here today"