tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post4199311933439766535..comments2023-11-25T01:12:34.326+00:00Comments on Benefit Scrounging Scum: I'll Stand By You? By Kaliya Franklin & Dawn WillisBenefitScroungingScumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08939136229593231935noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-87548299249785201112012-04-22T21:52:52.964+01:002012-04-22T21:52:52.964+01:00I really do not agree with the term "disabled...I really do not agree with the term "disabled", it fact it is one word that annoys me. There are plenty of "disabled" people that are more active and contributing more than "ablebodied" people. When I was fifteen I had a bone transplant on my foot and was "disabled" for over a year. The responses I got from society was interesting at the time. There were those who would speak to the persom with me and would ask them questions about me or would speak to me sloowwwlllyyy, so I would understand. Then there were the others that would assume I need help and would grab my bags and "help" me without asking if I actually wanted help, which kind people that is actually disrespectful, though I know you think you mean well. Actually, id I did I would have asked. There is so much prejudice against "disabled" people and no, they are not disabled. They have specific needs in order to function and lead fulfilled lives in society. As for benefits, I would not want to see anyone on the streets and I agree "disabled" people are not scroungers. Like any self respecting person they want to work and live indeoendently.Jane Southorn-Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07931240893759401929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-66609180079475035832012-04-21T15:47:01.903+01:002012-04-21T15:47:01.903+01:00Just read this on FB spartacussite VERY scary!
OK...Just read this on FB spartacussite VERY scary!<br /><br />OK this stuff is big and i've sat on it for a couple of days now...to start with does anybody remember this guy Mark Britnell and this horrendous comment ?<br /><br />"The NHS will be shown no mercy" Mark Britnell advisor to David Cameron<br /><br />He's the infamous advisor and private lobbyist who Cameron said he never knew anything about but had invited to several very high profile meetings about the future of t...he NHS before coming to power- http://politicalscrapbook.net/2011/05/david-cameron-mark-britnell/<br />A bit more about the chap on wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Britnell<br /><br />And a further article about him and his connection to Andrew Lansley - http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/14/david-cameron-adviser-health-reform<br /><br />Well what I am about to show you is a scarey document from a meeting that took place in New York talking about the global privatisation of th NHS... and guess who's one of he key speakers a Mr Mark Britnell..... so much for the NHs changes not being about privatisation as he seems to genuinely think they are........ can someone tell the cabinet then??? - http://www.powerbase.info/images/f/fe/Apax_Healthcare_conference_2010.pdf<br /><br />The details were found fom here - http://www.spinwatch.org/blogs-mainmenu-29/tamasin-cave-mainmenu-107/5435-the-nhs-will-be-shown-no-mercyq-says-cameron-health-adviser<br /><br />When i mean global privatisation of the NHS... i mean that the whole of the globe is being "harmonised" to fit within a standardised privatised structure/network......<br /><br />We all knew about this, we all suspected it but here's the actual information that proves it<br /><br />I hope you can do something with this informationSee more<br />http://politicalscrapbook.net/2011/05/david-cameron-mark-britnell/ <br />politicalscrapbook.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-62251366005822318772012-04-20T15:24:57.070+01:002012-04-20T15:24:57.070+01:00I find it a bit embarrassing when I meet people wh...I find it a bit embarrassing when I meet people who have had their benefits removed, care removed, or when they receive less than me. <br /><br />One person was particularly 'offish' with me because her husband only receives the low rate for mobility, and I receive the high rate. I could have cried. He's in the garden regularly working away, he's retired but does all sorts of work for people, he catches the bus to town nearly every day, walking all over the town; he doesn't even need a walking stick.<br /><br />I can barely walk to my next door neighbour's now. It's a slow and very uncomfortable process. I cannot use public transport as I couldn't stand up waiting at bus stops, and the 'giggling' about on the bus makes me very ill, so I need taxis everywhere. If I go to town, I need a wheelchair and a carer to push it. I am largely housebound.<br /><br />I cannot understand why people who are slightly disabled resent the amount of support I receive, both when I was in work and now that I cannot work. When I was in work, even friends said that they thought it was unfair that I had my transport paid for through 'Access to Work'. I also had 'tellings off' from taxi drivers about it. People also thought that I shouldn't receive any more money than my colleagues at work (ie. DLA). Now of course, some think that I should be on a subsistence income, and not entitled to any more than JSA levels.<br /><br />In contrast, an acquaintance who I rarely ever see now, broke down crying in the doctors. She has multiple serious health problems, and they had just put her on morphine. At the same time, her disability benefits have been removed, such that she has £12 a week now to live on, and is only surviving by the generosity of her friends. <br /><br />So, I started texting her again to offer support, one disabled person to another. She refused help from me a few years ago; I wasn't offended because I understand how people can be too proud to accept help (me included). I have offered her help again this time, and she has accepted. I'm going there on Monday with my laptop, and we're going to start work on her appeal, grants from charities, and getting her an OT assessment as well as a care assessment. She didn't know how to go about all of this.<br /><br />Rather than her being jealous and petty because I now receive the help I need (for now at least), she was grateful for the support. And, we do all need to support eachother whatever our various circumstances are. We cannot allow a 'divide and rule' attitude to develop between us.<br /><br />Sorry for the long comment, and thank you for a brilliant article.<br /><br />ClarebelzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-29084991349539527032012-04-18T17:47:52.814+01:002012-04-18T17:47:52.814+01:00Thanks for writing this piece, Kali and Dawn. It&#...Thanks for writing this piece, Kali and Dawn. It's really important we don't fall into the divisive trap being left for us. Thankfully, we're wise to it, and have learned lessons from the civil rights movements before us.<br /><br />Just as an aside, although my physical disability and fatigue make life very difficult presently, this difficulty doesn't impact on my life to the same degree as periods of serious mental distress I've experienced. Sometimes, a barrier needs more than a ramp for us to overcome it.Clairehttp://claireot.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-76705424632695959222012-04-17T23:18:46.635+01:002012-04-17T23:18:46.635+01:00Brilliantly said and just what our community needs...Brilliantly said and just what our community needs to hear right now. We can't waste time arguing amongst ourselves. Don't judge others and treat all with the respect that you expect.Rickys mum Michellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-64385331877940847422012-04-17T14:59:36.374+01:002012-04-17T14:59:36.374+01:00Great piece. I don't know what can be done to ...Great piece. I don't know what can be done to make disability charities more centred around the concerns of people with disabilities. The only experience I have to share is that, working for a big charity, I was regularly challenged by people with disabilities who worked as independent experts in our field because I wasn't disabled. When my hidden disability was finally diagnosed and it became public that I was personally affected by disability, the criticisms stopped and working relationships became much more positive. All along I was saying the same things and representing the same organisation. <br /><br />I don't know whether this is a useful example or not, but there are real difficulties in working together when people are not able to trust each other for whatever reason. Fears and prejudices can exist in all quarters.<br /><br />I do think disability organisations and other agencies working on disability should hold themselves accountable to grassroots disability campaigners, and I would like to see more disability charities having monitoring panels of such people. In fact, do any of them?misspiggynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-27973486037069414672012-04-17T14:57:29.612+01:002012-04-17T14:57:29.612+01:00Well said Kaliya...Well said Kaliya...Alan Brucehttp://www.access-ability.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-45987197139334099312012-04-17T13:12:40.375+01:002012-04-17T13:12:40.375+01:00i'm so very glad you've written this. in ...i'm so very glad you've written this. in 1995 i saw a piece of graffiti on the berlin wall which seems appropriate.<br /><br />on a black background, covered with white handprints were the words... many small people, in many small places, doing many small things ... can change the world<br /><br />i'll stand by you<br /><br />janet.betsybouncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12794399254014208836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-74280735142942875852012-04-17T12:54:32.156+01:002012-04-17T12:54:32.156+01:00This blog does not surprise me at all it seems Gov...This blog does not surprise me at all it seems Government and media are hell bent on setting one up against the other, when the majority of the public are in it together but it is just not transparent yet? So standing united is difficult with all peducies and media etc. It seems the elite are totally out of touch or care.<br />What do we do? Get our voices heard and believed!<br />The blogs are one way, so Thank you!Hellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622208944935355868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-22085821927815783292012-04-17T12:51:08.954+01:002012-04-17T12:51:08.954+01:00Well said. I have both a physical disability and a...Well said. I have both a physical disability and a serious mental health illness. Because I am not in a wheel chair I sometimes feel that I am considered not 'disabled enough'. The general public tend to discount my mental health and focus on my physical issues when I, as the one living with them,see the severity of their impact on my life as the other way around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-1305096123954114042012-04-17T11:47:21.986+01:002012-04-17T11:47:21.986+01:00Great piece of writing. So true, united we stand d...Great piece of writing. So true, united we stand divided we fall. Never has this had more meaning.<br /><br />MaggieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-71119008365101950132012-04-17T11:36:41.841+01:002012-04-17T11:36:41.841+01:00Excellent post also don't forget us non-disabl...Excellent post also don't forget us non-disabled disability campaigners. many parent carers get a negative reaction based on oppressive experiences of over bearing smothering parents. The responsible reform retweeting was assisted by many non-disabled carers who are just as passionate on the issues. Standing together is so crucial. With a hope that authentic voices mustn't encourage militancy as there is room for all of us together strengthening the movement. As with all civil rights issues it is the affected and unaffected working as one which makes the largest strides. All love Nik xNicky Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355993561684745332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-78508108440873838672012-04-17T11:33:50.702+01:002012-04-17T11:33:50.702+01:00For gods sake we must resist this hierarchy of dis...For gods sake we must resist this hierarchy of disability at all cost, if you are I'll and disabled by it youre more likely to be depressed as well, together we are strong, resist the divide and rule attempts, we are all in it together<br /><br />AnnieAnniebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02719674625317782485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-12472623305829396412012-04-17T11:19:15.746+01:002012-04-17T11:19:15.746+01:00Excellent! xxExcellent! xx@marilf000noreply@blogger.com