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Discounted travel on National Express coaches
Disabled people and those over 60 can get discounted travel on National Express coaches...erm...assuming you can actually get yourself on board a coach. Their website says that you need to show proof when booking and carry the proof with you on the journey. This proof could be: *Paperwork confirming receipt of disability…
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Its an Odd One....
I really dont know where to post or who to ask so bear with me! Moved over to liverpool nearly 9yrs ago lived in a housing association 1 bed house thankfully the landlords adapted best they could after I'd had an occupational Health Assessment done....everyone decided the house was not the best for me & along with my GP we…
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Name of disability advice centre pls.
Hi I had help from an advice centre with my dla forms 2 years ago but for the life of me cannot think what they are called. I have been sent an ib50 and need help to complete it. Anyone know what this group is called. It is something like start something or catch up or something ,it is driving me mad. Thanks in advance.
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New benefit
Are we all going to be forced to work? :confused: I don't understand it all tbh. I personally can't cope with normal day to day living most of the time, but occasionally I can do things that inevitably I end up paying for healthwise later. I don't want to be forced into working and making myself even worse healthwise.…
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Help serious accident at work!!
Help serious accident at work Hi, I am hoping I can maybe get some help here. My husband (age 38) had a serious accident at work 4 weeks ago, his injuries include fractured spine smashed pelvis, but to name a few. He has been very ill and at one point we were told he wasnt going to pull through. He is still here and…
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disability buss pass
hi, i have heard a whisper that people who get middle/high rate care dla are entitled to a free bus pass? I thought it was for people who received high rate mobility dla. I know in Scotland middle care qualifies, but am not sure of England. Any ideas? (not that i get to go on the bus much, but it would be good to know!)
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Chair-lifts
Around 12 months ago I bought a straight chair-lift from a mobility shop. It has worked perfectly, thank goodness, but recent comments in another thread has led me to think of maintenance. No maintenance agreement was offered, the installer said it was guaranteed for 12 months and he would come out if needed. Do other…
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Two Ticks
Hello, I have recently applied for a job with the NHS. It is a job I am more than capable of doing and I thought I submitted a bl00dy good application form. I gave examples of my experiences and my job knowledge and I have 17 years experience doing the same thing. I really did think I'd be in with a chance of an interview.…
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FAI/ Hip Impingement
Hi, does anyone have any experience with this? Im 49 years old and went to my GP in sept as my hip/groin pain had got too much to bear, along with the loss of mobility. I was sent for x rays, and armed with anti inflammatories and co codamol, left assuming it was Osteo Arthritis, and feeling prematurely old ! Went back to…
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Major new trial re;treatment for motor neurone disease?
Major new trial re;treatment for motor neurone disease? Monday, 3 November 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7702022.stm
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In Control/self directed support/individual budgets
Hello, does anyone have any experiences of using self directed support or individual budgets (same thing but different names in different council)? We are currenlty going through the precess but feel that our LA are just using it to save money and have forgotten they are dealing with real people.
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is minerse disease a disability
mineres disease is it a disability if so what entitlements and i eliable for, this is brought of by ear infections thats caused profound deafness in both ears and cost me to wear hearing aids inboth ears and cannot go out the home due to all sorts of symptoms brought onby them ineres disease, is there any other persons out…
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dla questions (and poor thanatos!)
i thought i would post here, rather than on the dla sticky. If someone asks a question re dla on thanatos's sticky - are other people allowed to answer, or is that purely for thanatos? I ask, as i have noticed a couple of questions which i am sure a few other people would be able to help - purely from their own experience…
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Grants for windows???
Hi everyone, new to this forum site. I heard on the news some time ago that the government were to provide grants for windows and doors to disabled people. Has anyone heard of this??? I have contacted my local council but they do not provide such grants. Can anyone help? Thanks :rolleyes:
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Benefits advisors...
seems that there is a reoccurring theme that people are struggling to know where to get benefits advice from or who to turn to when things go wrong. As benefits agency staff may often be poorly informed (or deliberatly unhelpful) it seems like alot of people would find a list of agencies which provide independant benefts…
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Stair lift
My mother needs a stair lift and I wonder if you can advise on the cheapest way to buy/fund one. She had one installed by MacMillan but now the cost is £500 per year which she cannot afford.
