tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post2223490329150530722..comments2024-01-27T18:00:54.268+00:00Comments on This Is My Blog: WaitingMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-20048588739670878702007-06-21T16:10:00.000+01:002007-06-21T16:10:00.000+01:00The issue faced by the DWP is that while lots of g...The issue faced by the DWP is that while lots of genuinely ill/disabled people have a certain amount of pride and don't claim all the benefits they're entitled to* because they hate the idea of begging or focusing on their weaknesses and so on, the fit and healthy fraudulent claimants have no trouble at all listing imaginary personal difficulties to try and get some extra cash while <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/6680813.stm" REL="nofollow">teaching salsa dance</A> or <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/6248307.stm" REL="nofollow">training for marathons</A>.<BR/><BR/><BR/>*I had been going to try to get by without DLA myself. I figured the £56 a week Incapacity Benefit would be enough to live on as long as my rent got paid. Then I found out that because I was under 25 and childless, I wasn't entitled to full housing benefit for my bedsit flat - and paying the top-up would have swiped 50% of my IB each week. So I had to get Official Disabled Status for my full rent to be paid, and IB didn't count for that, it had to be DLA.<BR/><BR/>Or, I could have done what the lady at the housing office suggested, and got pregnant :SMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-20500783787867118852007-06-21T15:29:00.000+01:002007-06-21T15:29:00.000+01:00I hope this all sorts itself out soon. You descri...I hope this all sorts itself out soon. <BR/><BR/>You describe the effects of this kind of stress so well. No one ever seems to think how these sorts of worries affect PWME. <BR/><BR/>It took me weeks to complete my original DLA application because of my limitations in concentration etc and re. the emotional implications of applying for something which said I was disabled. I don't think anyone comes to that point lightly.<BR/><BR/>When it was finally submitted they wanted to know why it had taken me so long --- as if I was being underhand in some way: see, they don't like it when you're tardy, but when they are it doesn't apparently matter.<BR/><BR/>Let's hope you can get it all over with soon :-)Cusphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717783581169397585noreply@blogger.com