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Kettle Tipper- anyone got one?
I have nerve damage to my hand which causes proplems gripping objects, the heavier they are the harder it is. I've really been struggling with the kettle lately and have been thinking about getting a kettle tipper but they are £20 plus and I'm not sure how helpful it would be. Anyone got one? Is it any good? Where did you…
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need some advice
I receive DLA (higher rate for both) - I want to work, as my hubby has lost his job 3 months ago and we have run out of money (he has a company and works as contractor). Whilst my husband looks for a job, we have to earn an income, even if it is a small amount. I haven't worked for 20 years, am wheelchair-bound, have O…
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Diabetic? £100 for helping with research
I'm a member of a group which from time to time helps with market research. I have received the following request. If interested, PM me for contact details: " Who are we looking for? We'd like to meet people in London and also in Berlin who are diabetic (either type 1 or type 2) and would be willing to take part in a…
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'Off road' wheelchair for child?
Does anyone have any ideas / experience of models of children's wheelchair that are able to cope with tracks and paths but can still be used for home and school. Wheelchair service will only supply cheap clunky models that look like they were designed and built in Soviet Russia! Ok for shopping centres but uncomfortable…
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DLA decision 'NO' how to appeal??
I have read other threads on this but can't find one suitable to my situation so hoped someone could give me some advice. I have received my decision, which is that I am not entitled to any components of DLA and want to appeal that decision. I have called my local CAB who are shut this week due to staff shortages!! So have…
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DLA / Concessionary Access
Hi there, I was wondering if you could help me? My son receives high rate care component DLA and we have just been told that he can claim a concessionary bus pass and a pass to edinburgh zoo. Can anyone tell me if there are any other place in or around edinburgh that offer anything like this as we don't go out much since…
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Dispare about DLA
Hi/ everyone, I’m so sorry that my first post is such an unhappy one, although I haven’t posted before I’ve been looking at the forums as I have found them very useful and in lightening. Anyway I am at the moment claiming income support based on incapacity and housing benefit. I recently went for a medical regarding this…
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Anyone have any idea how much a stair lift costs?
Now I know this is probabaly the sort of question that could be answered with 'how longs a piece of string' but I really have no idea so just a rough 'guestimate' would be good, as far as i'm concerned it could be anything from £500 to £10,000. We need an idea before we try to persuade my mother she really could do with…
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Tax credits and carers allowence
Hi all, was just wanting some advice, i currently claim DLA and incoapsity benefit, and currently have direct payments also, was wanting some advice really, my partner is thinking of going to work part time to then help look after me so wondering which is better to claim for carers allowence or tax credits? Thanks in…
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Wheelchairs and cars
Hiya, My Dad is a wheelchair user and my Mum is wanting some advice on cars that are small, yet will take a wheelchair in the boot without having to take the chair apart. Anyone any ideas?! Can you get a pull down ramp fitted from the boot to avoid lifting the wheelchair? Also where is good to buy decent wheelchairs? My…
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DLA Success
[FONT="] I wanted to share this with you all for two reasons. Firstly because I am very proud of myself :o ) Secondly to act as a motivator to people dealing with the Disability & Carers Service and/or the tribunal’s service, Success can be achieved……[/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="] March 2008 – I helped my OH…
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DLA form support?
Hey, I have M.E. as some of you already know. I am in the process of filling in my forms to re-apply for DLA (my current award runs out very soon). I am cutting the deadline fine (in fact I may already have left it too late to avoid a gap in payments) because I have been too sick to face the forms most days. I am going to…
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Payment for cold weather
Hi, can anyone help? my husband is on DLA and we recieved £25 for the cold weather, but my sister-inlaw said she also got £60 payment about a month ago. We never got it can anyone tell me anything about it please? thanks
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DLA Success
Hiya everyone after much procastinating i received DLA forms in early Jan filled them in and posted them back. After reading all the DLA horror stories on these forums i really was in two minds but thought i would give it a go. I got a letter from them yesterday saying they had received my claim on the 10th feb and were…
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Narcolepsy & Fibro
Hi I have both Fibromyalgia and Narcolepsy and had my first DLA application refused a couple of years ago. Can I ask what it actually takes to help get this? I had a doctors report stating my conditions and a Rheumatologist report saying I had Fibro, Depression, and panic attacks (wasn't aware I had the panic attacks), yet…
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DLA & tax credit, after ssp runs out
Hi, not sure if anyone else has experienced this, but this is what has happened to my Mum. Last year, at 62 yrs old she successfully applied for DLA, (after appeal), which came as a great help to her financial burden. She was still employed part-time as a cleaner, however had been on long term sick. After phoning Tax…
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Can Someone point me in the right direction please?
This is all such a mine field - I just do not know where to start. Basically, OH is 38 and needs a hip replacement. Obviously there is the related pain that goes with this and he has limited movement in his hip/leg etc. So. He had investigative surgery in January, which has made it worse (!) but the consultant told him…
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Resources for an elderly disabled relative?
My Mum is 82 and registered disabled I would like to find out of things that may benefit her and ease her senior years? If you know of any website for information with regard to help she may receive, I would be grateful of any pointers please?
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Mobility side of DLA once child turns 5? When do you hear?
My son has just turned 5 and DWP said that they would contact us when he was almost 5 about the Mobility side of the claim. I was wondering whether I need to fill out more forms or whether they will contact me with them, or do they base the claim on the forms I have sent in? Nothing has changed really, it is much the same…
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Here's Jonny - MORE4
Here's Johnny enters the surreal world of graphic artist Johnny Hicklenton, who is battling against multiple sclerosis and who escapes the confines of his illness through his artwork. http://www.channel4.com/video/brandless-catchup.jsp?vodBrand=true-stories-heres-johnny I just thought I would put this here for anyone who's…
