As some of you may be aware, the benefit DLA is shortly changing to PIP which means that I am shortly expecting not to be able to claim benefits anymore, leaving me without a car and therefore worrying about how I will work and be able to pay the bills.
With the above in mind, imagine the distress, of myself and many other people who are trying to live an honest and "normal" life, caused when the daily mail published a very biased (against people with disabilities) article informing people how much money we cost the tax payer, and how the government will change this "for the better"!
The reason I find the article so damn disgusting is that I work, and therefore I pay tax and national insurance, meaning that in theory, I pay for myself!
The other part of it, is that I am fortunate that I am still able to work, despite needing help to walk, wash, do my hair, open Christmas presents etc. I can work on a computer, and do so 4 days a week. I guess the daily mail think I should work through the pain another day a week, making it full time, but am I not entitled to give myself a break and wear comforting clothes, not hurt my hip by doing too much, and have myself a much needed 3 day rest to get myself ready for the week ahead? I think I am!
And the worst of it? Hasn't come yet.
There are approaching 400 comments on this article... And they are showing that the UK houses some of the most shallow minded, selfish, ungrateful people in the world. And it's Christmas, so I dread to think what they would be like on a normal day of the year.
One person suggests that we need a mark on the cars we receive to specify that it is a motability car. 3 answers to this. 1) where the hell is the dignity in that?!? 2) What, are we back in WW2, where people had to mark themselves with the Star of David to specify that they were unworthy of society, and 3) what is a disabled badge? Is this not a mark on the car to specify that we need support and help? Obviously not.
One thing that is evident is that people have not done the research on DLA in order to know that we are not scroungers. We are allowed to work with the DLA and I do so proudly and to keep myself sane.
Sorry if someone thinks I am going on, or going of far, but I have been rattled. I deserve to live, as do every other disabled person in the world.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and have a prosperous new year.
Love to you all xx
Well done on blog Steph!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pat :) just don't like being made to feel like I am unworthy of living an honest life just because the left side of my body doesn't do what I ask it to. Especially by a national newspaper and the people who have no compassion that comment on it. I'm not expecting anything to come of the blog post, but it made me feel better ll xx
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