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  • GlasweJen
    GlasweJen Posts: 7,451 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Ah but trialia, is your wheelchair virtual?
  • Trialia
    Trialia Posts: 1,108 Forumite
    GlasweJen wrote: »
    Ah but trialia, is your wheelchair virtual?

    Yep! (In other words, since I apparently have to lengthen this post, I don't have one yet - because I can't use a manual.)
    Homosexual, Unitarian, young, British, female, disabled. Do you need more?
  • GlasweJen
    GlasweJen Posts: 7,451 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    And electric wheelchairs are actually made of unicorn tears (well the NHS would make you believe that)
  • cit_k
    cit_k Posts: 24,812 Forumite
    Im suprised ATOS are not allowed to imagine someone using a thought controlled, electric wheelchair that can float over obstacles and upstairs etc.
    [greenhighlight]but it matters when the most senior politician in the land is happy to use language and examples that are simply not true.
    [/greenhighlight][redtitle]
    The impact of this is to stigmatise people on benefits,
    and we should be deeply worried about that    [/redtitle](house of lords debate, talking about Cameron)
  • Jahlove
    Jahlove Posts: 78 Forumite
    What if you can not get in or out of a wheel chair by your self? would you still be classed as able to mobilize?
  • Cpt.Scarlet
    Cpt.Scarlet Posts: 1,102 Forumite
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    Jahlove wrote: »
    What if you can not get in or out of a wheel chair by your self? would you still be classed as able to mobilize?
    The Mobilse test does not consider your ability to get in or out of a wheelchair, however, this is covered (to an extent), by the Standing and Sitting test.
  • sunnyone
    sunnyone Posts: 4,716 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    GlasweJen wrote: »
    And electric wheelchairs are actually made of unicorn tears (well the NHS would make you believe that)

    The NHS offered me a powerchair long before I needed one and I also get top level funding so I can choose the right powerchair for me, many people want (not need but want) powerchairs and they dont fulfil any of the criteria and that perpetuates the myth that its impossible to get a NHS powerchair but it wrong.
  • WhiteHorse
    WhiteHorse Posts: 2,492 Forumite
    L6MCT wrote: »
    It also says that an important part of the new process is "likely to be a face-to-face discussion with a healthcare professional"
    Ah yes. The elusive 'healthcare professional'. That is to say, some unqualified, paid-on-commission jerk with a chip on their shoulder.
    "Never underestimate the mindless force of a government bureaucracy
    seeking to expand its power, dominion and budget"
    Jay Stanley, American Civil Liberties Union.
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