When to declare a disability?

Morglin

People have replied to this question on your other thread.

Declare a disability from the start.

Lin

Penny-Pincher!!

studentphil wrote: »

Philosophy.

Thats why so many questions:rotfl:

PP
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shameless-about-money

studentphil wrote: »

It is not serious in the sense I can feed myself, look after myself, talk, write, walk. My biggest danger anywhere is falling and especially on steps.

I will look into them and going to the job centre to see what they say.

Is it best to go to the main job centre rather than the local one?

You have nothing to complain about!

I have really bad arthritis and have a tendency to fall over since I need two ankle replacements.

I also have major problems with my hands - thank God for computers - since I can barely write with a pen.

Stop making your disability the centre of your life - it isn't and it shouldn't be. You have a lot to be thankful for, you just don't realise it.

shameless-about-money

UKTigerlily wrote: »

I suggested Remploy but I don't think Phil wants to take advice or help himself.

That is patently obvious!

My disability will be with me for the rest of my life but I have to get on with it. I had to give up my profession which I absolutely adored because of my hands. I have had to start all over again - start with a new profession - take all the exams, find a placement as a trainee. I was self-employed for 23 years and four months and earning a lot of money. And now I am back to being a trainee and will be lucky to start on £10K per year. It seemed really unfair to me in the beginning but nothing can be done to change circumstances for me, I just have to get on with it.

Then I found that the help is there. There are dozens of people who are there to help me with whatever I want to do. I had to make some decisions about the way forward and they provided the resources. Shaw Trust arranged grants for me totalling £2500 to fund my course. They arranged meetings with people who would go through interviews with me, since I hadn't had one since going to university. They arranged meetings for me to see people who helped me update my cv. They arranged to have my petrol costs refunded when I had interviews. In total, they have been brilliant - mostly down to Shaw Trust.

That is why Phil annoys me so much. The help is out there but he doesn't want to know, doesn't want to look, just whinges about his disability.

shameless-about-money

studentphil wrote: »

I have heard of reemply but I thought they were more for people with serious disabilities and more learning difficulties at that.

No it is not. If you bothered to investigate they help anyone with any disability.
I have disabled from birth friends who work for Remploy - and no, not "learning" disability

studentphil

Cheers everyone, I amwaiting for an email from the disability person at where I have applied.

I am going to look into DWP and see what they say.

hamletcigars

studentphil wrote: »

Cheers everyone, I amwaiting for an email from the disability person at where I have applied.

I am going to look into DWP and see what they say.

Good for you studentphil:T

Edinburghlass_2

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=297971

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=290010

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=362195

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=348231

studentphil

Edinburghlass wrote: »

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=297971

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=290010

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=362195

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=348231

That is all the thinking and this is the doing.

LittleVoice

shameless-about-money wrote: »

In my interview with ST he said "what did you put where it asks do you have a disability" and I said "that question wasn't there". He replied that the logo and the question HAD to be there by law. He fished out a Company's application form and showed me the logo that it has to have and the question.

I think the logo you were shown was the "two ticks" Disability Symbol (DS), the award of which is administered by the DWP.

The suggested question on an application form provided by a DS using company would probably be considered good/best practice at the time of the review which the DWP are supposed to carry out but not mandatory for award of the DS.

If you meet the DWP Disability Employment Adviser he/she should be able to provide a list of DS user employers in the local area. You might want to use this list for speculative approaches. If you are job searching don't rely just on advertised vacancies - you may get your "foot in the door" before they advertise.