Across the political Right, the narrative is that disability benefits (primarily Personal Independence Payments; PIPs) are too easy to get & are often paid to the 'undeserving'... however, in reality nearly half of applicants are rejected, rising to over two thirds for endometriosis (a gendered dimension I'll leave you to ponder), but with high rates of rejections over-turned on appeal (often with the same evidence).

More Tory lies, callousness & inhumanity

#disability

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/12/claims-conditions-personal-independence-payments-disability-benefits-cancer-arthritis-amputees

Revealed: people with cancer, arthritis and amputations among 40% denied disability benefits

Observer finds thousands of claims for conditions including cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis are being rejected in England and Wales

^{Chaminda Jayanetti (The Guardian)}

Happy May pachyderms! New month means new #MutualAidRequest bcuz I'm a disabled Black enby struggling to get by, especially now I have to pay insurance premiums for my kid
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Very timely - new UK advocacy and activist site for people with chronic but often unacknowledged conditions such as ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome)

#disability
#disabilityrights
#activism
https://thechroniccollaboration.com/

THE CHRONIC COLLABORATION

'She’s faking it for attention and clout'. 'They’re all just doing it for the benefits or perks'. 'They just want to be famous on TikTok'.

^{THE CHRONIC COLLABORATION}

Story's a year old but it's still news to me and probably to a lot of you.

"The Council of Europe declares France in violation of the rights of disabled people"

https://www.autismeurope.org/blog/2023/04/25/the-council-of-europe-declares-france-in-violation-of-the-rights-of-disabled-people/ #Ableism #Disability #France

A billionaire blaming societies woes on the permanently disabled, those with mental health issues, injuries or neurdivergence is disgusting but typical of #ToryScum. I will forever loathe these monsters with every fibre of my being. Remember Sunak was an investment banker during the 2008 financial crisis. He also waved away billions in fraudulent PPE loans. #Disability #ToryCriminals

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/19/sunak-disability-benefit-curbs-sicknote-culture-pip

Sunak announces disability benefit curbs to tackle ‘sicknote culture’

PM launches consultation on personal independence payment amid ‘spiralling’ disability welfare bill

^{Rowena Mason (The Guardian)}

Rishi Sunak to strip GPs of right to sign people off sick

http://archive.today/2024.04.19-062257/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rishi-sunak-gps-sign-people-off-sick-ill-rr353jstv

GPs face being stripped of the right to issue sick notes, as the prime minister says doctors are too readily writing people off as unfit for work. Specialist teams linked to the benefits system will instead assess the sick and decide how best to keep them in work.

Be afraid, very afraid. Those will be the same private companies who have already stripped benefits with no due concern.
#ToryCorruption #Disability

Was responding to someone #onhere and thought: "Wait I should tell everybody that."

Did you know @gbhnews is one of the very few newsrooms in the country with a reporter specifically covering the #disability beat?

Her name is Meghan Smith and you can see her excellent work right here: https://www.wgbh.org/people/meghan-smith #journalism

Meghan Smith

Senior Producer, writing, editing and producing local news. Feedback? Questions? Story ideas? Reach out to Meghan at meghan_smith@wgbh.org.

^GBH