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Comment on Disabled people are trying to tell us how benefits system is killing them. It’s time we listened.

520@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

As an ex-brit that was once on British disability benefits, navigating the system can be crazy tricky. It is the kind of thing you need specialist help with and if you don't get it, you can get absolutely screwed. People don't think you need lawyer like help to get around it but you absolutely do.

One trick they use is that they intentionally ignore the concept of good days and bad days. There are disabilities where you are more less capable than other days and less capable on some days too. They ignore this and treat everything you put on the form as stuff you'd be able to do every day of the week. They don't tell you this though, in fact they word it as though they are looking for the most that you are able to do.

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VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I was diagnosed with ibd a couple years ago and I am regularly anemic and I need to get iron infusions as well as having regular tests and appointments. I asked about ibd and pip as it is now and the dude wouldn’t understand that I’ve days where I’m completely incapable of doing anything because I’m bloated, stuck at the toilet as well as fatigued. The specialist nurse who is in charge of my care has told me that with ibd there are periods where you would be ok but it’s an unpredictable condition as I might have severe problems for a week and be fine for 2 months

According to the welfare people, I’m clearly fine because my condition is unpredictable.

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- DessertStorms@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  There must be some religion that would recognise the DWP as saints for all of the healing miracles that they've performed, I've read stories of amputees being told their limb might (or even has) grow back, conditions people are born with being cured, and from my own personal experience - a degenerative condition the assessor clearly didn't even know, getting better because I'm "still young".
  
  (I am of curse being facetious, the DWP needs abolishing, along with the fascist government and monarchy they exist to provide worker cogs for)
  
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- 520@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Damn. People go in expecting to get help but they don't realise until it is too late that they are dealing with a completely hostile system.
  
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DessertStorms@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Yup. Never mind that they also ignore GP and specialist evidence in favour of a 10 minute assessment by a barely-medical professional (the first doctor you'll meet via the DWP will be at the tribunal you have to get to after appealing after they've denied you your benefit by default)

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