Sue Marsh sells her soul for £75,000 a year.

dippy3103

But does disability rights not include being able to work & finding employers that are willing to make adjustments to tap into the talents that many disabled people have? The right of opportunity.

Yes there may we'll be an agenda for the powers that be.

Or are you saying a disabled person can't get a job based on their merit & ability?

tea-bag

Strange when £75k a year is dangled in front of your nose how quickly you can get well enough to work!?

Strange the last post has gone missing!

NYM

I curse that johnnyvoid blog person thingy !

It is nothing but doom and gloom posturing and attracts like minded people that treat it like a 'bible'

Cynicism is such a negative trait...

I've never heard of Sue Marsh, but having a quick Google, it would appear she is entirely suited to the role. *edit* that she's been offered I mean.

Richard_Cranium

Lioness_Twinkletoes wrote: »

Are you serious?

Absolutely serious, why wouldn't I be?

duchy

I don't think anyone disputes it's a noun in your case !

patman99

You can't change the way a company works with a blog. But you can if you are put in charge.

If I were to spend my life blogging about the inequalities of the benefits system and, as a subsequence, were to be offered a job in charge of the DWP, I would take it. Not to be gagged, but to use my power to remove all the bad bits (such as monthly U/C) and build an efficient and fair system that was easy to understand not only by those working-it, but those accessing-it to.

dippy3103

Yes.. If she has recovered enough to work & do good and make a living, why shouldn't she?

How about thanking her for all the good she has done, rather than being bitter.

tea-bag

System

On the one hand we don't know the circumstances of her job offer, what reasonable adjustments may have been made etc

On the other hand i can't help but feel its naive on her part to think she can still be an activist )and actually make any positive changes) when shes now working for the very people/system she was once effectively campaigning against.

rogerblack

tea-bag wrote: »

Strange when £75k a year is dangled in front of your nose how quickly you can get well enough to work!?

Strange the last post has gone missing!

ESA is not granted on the basis of 'well enough to work'.
It's granted on the basis of meeting one or more descriptors that may imply unfitness to work.

It is even allowed to work for 15 hours while on ESA.

There is no such thing as 'well enough to work'.
There are jobs 99.999% of people can't do - extreme athletics comes to mind.

And similarly - there are people so disabled that no job spec written for a normal person - even with 'reasonable adjustments' required under law would fit them.

It is quite legal to discriminate against the disabled - if they can't do the job after 'reasonable adjustments'.

I could likely do 1-2 hours a week of work, on average - spaced out into multiple 10 minute slots, if given 24*7 care.
Employers are not beating down my door.