DLA ESA been stopped

starchild1972

I am finding it difficult to see how someone as qualified as you are can't find at least some part time work or become self-employed? As for the ECDL well maybe it's not looked at as fantastic qualification over here but in many european countries it is a requirement in many admin jobs.

Maybe any kid with MS office could do it, then again they do have the option of getting the qualification at school, even when I was at college we had CLAIT.

People offered you help (war pensions) but without knowing your full situ, how the hell were they going to know the info was useless? They are not psychic.

More disabled people of working age on DLA work than don't work. I assume that you DO get DLA don't you? If not, why not? Not applied? Someone with no legs would not get turned down for at least HRM!
ATOS & DWP are not that stupid.

You say you have the qualifications to work in an office/IT position, not having legs does not stop people sitting at a desk. Therefore they say that you can do some sort of work.

There are employment agencies around that specialise in getting wheelchair users into work and unless you take loads of unreasonable time off no employer that has ground floor offices/lift access would dare refuse an interview to a disabled person due to the equality act.

A lot of people are disabled through their own stupidity, it only makes them unemployable if they want to be unemployable.

intranicity

Have to say, I agree with a lot of the above post!

In your initial post you were pleading poverty, and the inability to get any more crisis loans, now you have no money worries!

These forums are open, people will respond in many ways, hopefully, these posts will offer advice as well as directly responding to what you are seeking to hear!

I hate to imagine how you lost your legs, but saying they were blown off whilst in the army, presumably to elist sympathy is not a great way to go. As someone who is a war pensioner and spent 10 years on bomb disposal, I'm amazed that a SNCO, which after nearly 20 years in the army with a good record, you should have been, should try and make out they were injured because they served rather than just saying they were a numpty in the first place!

Personally, I'd get my life in order, get the DLA sorted, contact the RBL, ABF, SSAFA and BLESMA, which if you did serve, will all offer help, despite the fact your claim to have been dishonourably discharged, I'd have expected though that to get this, you'd have needed to face a courts martial, otherwise, you'd have beengiven an admin discharge. Anyway, whatever really happened, I'd get the basics sorted first, and then do the barrack room lawyer bits later!

Good luck though in your campaign....

Richie-from-the-Boro

When I read #1 .. .. I wondered what was in esa's red book, [ OPSEC and PERSEC permitting ] but decided to wait and see what was revealed.