Allergy to WiFi = £500 per month

50Twuncle

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/11834670/Woman-who-claimed-she-was-allergic-to-Wi-Fi-gets-disability-allowance-from-French-court.html
Don't go getting any ideas ...

Browntoa

I like the bit that says in testing so called electromagnetic sensitive people were unable to detect it any more than non sensitive people , so basically in blind tests they failed to prove they were sensitive

50Twuncle

Browntoa wrote: »

I like the bit that says in testing so called electromagnetic sensitive people were unable to detect it any more than non sensitive people , so basically in blind tests they failed to prove they were sensitive

I think that the whole idea of a Human Being - being able to even detect WiFi is totally insane - but if someone in an EEC country manages to claim this - this may open the door to other claimants in the rest of Europe - including UK........just you wait and see !!

[Deleted User]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo

rogerblack

We'd need to see the actual details of the judgement.

The fact that someone legitimately has a psychiatric disorder that makes them think that they have a physical disorder can be a cause of disability on its own.

There are people that legitimately believe that they are affected by wifi.
Telling them it isn't real will generally not help. In very severe cases, this can lead to suicide by the already mentally unwell.

tomtontom

People are missing the point here - Ms Richard was awarded the allowance based on her symptoms and the way they affect her ability to work, not on her diagnosis (or the validity of it). This is no different from ESA or DLA - whilst a diagnosis is helpful, claimants are primarily assessed on their symptoms.