UN Convention on Rights of Disabled Persons

DomRavioli

Lanzarote1938 wrote: »

Surely blind is blind whatever your age. Why is a young blind person more entitled than an older one to some help?

Because pensioners have already accumulated a pension. My opportunity to do that has been cruelly stolen from me by my incapacity to hold down my job.

I have NO pension, nor any way to save towards one because of my severely limited income.

That's why I'm more entitled.

DomRavioli

missbiggles1 wrote: »

But you're making DLA/PIP sound like some kind of compensation for misfortune rather than being paid for care or mobility needs which someone of any age can have.

Also, by your thinking, you're more deserving of it than someone who was on a low income just because you were a higher rate earner.

I was never a "higher rate earner" - just below. I also earned a lot less for the five years I trained. I'm more entitled to DLA because I have a legally recognised disability, and that money helps me to pay for the massive changes in my life.

And I use my DLA to pay for taxis, because I don't have a driving licence, an expense I would not have if I was not disabled (over and above a car, I had one through work but I still paid towards it). Why do you pick and choose which parts of my post to read?