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Benefits Targets - Sickness & Disability Are Not The Same

8/01/2012 12:40:00 pm BenefitScroungingScum 1 Comments

I've written my first blog for the Indy ;

"The shiny pink elephant in the room of policy makers and certain sectors of the disability lobby is the complete exclusion of sick people from this group. Sickness and disability are not the same issue, but for benefits purposes we are all lumped in together and labelled as ‘disabled’ regardless of condition. Whilst it’s important that young people growing up with disabilties be educated, skilled, prepared for a competitive labour market, and taught that they are just as valuable as any other employee, it’s also equally important to recognise the vast difference between those needs and those of someone in their early 50’s, who has worked all their adult life, and now become too ill to work with conditions as diverse as breast cancer, Parkinsons, or Huntington’s Chorea."
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Anonymous said...

Fabulous Article Bendygirl. Some interesting comments on it too, as well as the usual disbelievers. Haven't managed to watch the two programmes yet but will shortly, not sure my blood pressure will stand it!

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