Budget - tougher for DLA claimants

Hopefully it will be a good thing. I know people that claim that really do need this help and then there are those that do play the system. Unfortunately because they play the sytem so well they are still gonna get it cause they know all the tricks!!! There used to be a person living locally who went by shall we say a few names, claimed for back trouble yet was more than able to build an extrension!! Three weeks prior to any medicals, he stopped the booze, took up the crutches and got his claim renewed!!
Yes he was reported but do not know of outcome (he moved?)
Those with genuine disabilities should have no fear but unfortunately I guess they will suffer because they do not know the system like some of the fit people who claim and work it, do. Sad state of affairs!!!

Having to take a medical examination to prove that one is unfit for work and needs more funds (DLA) to cope seems reasonable to me.

If it's proved that ATOS is playing the system to pass the statistic targets they should be diismissed and another fairer company put in its place.

ladyabosso wrote: »

I have rheumatoid arthritis, one of the diseases that are currently listed as not being work assessed as it will always be with me. What happens to people like us then, especially as my incapacity benefit will no longer be payable as I will 62/63 in 2013 and I will just get my state pension?
Any advice gratefully received.

What does that bit in bold mean? Is it that if you have RA you are assessed as not being fit for work under ESA rules?

I have RA, night blindness, deafness and Aspergers and work 25 hours every week. I get HRC and HRM, and use the care payments to buy aids to help me be independent indoors, and the mobility to pay for taxis to and from work, a distance that most people would walk easily

Every day I work, I have to set my alarm for 5am in order to get mobile enough to leave home for work. Then I go to work, swallow copious painkillers, spend the day sitting at my desk cos walking around hurts me and so does standing for more than a minute, and then spend the rest of the day recovering from the fatigue and stress that going to work that day and getting up so early has caused me. I do this because I feel better in my self worth having made the effort, and I enjoy having money to spend as I wish

But if I was to stop the struggle, would the ESA rules allow me to stay off work permanently?

burkey365 wrote: »

i fail to see how depression is actually a disability an illness maybe but not a disability

I've just spat my tea everywhere, thank you! So, there's nothing wrong with wanting to sleep all the time, running away, wanting to harm yourself, etc?

im wondering if those of us that have had a medical will be able to keep our claim or wether it will need to be checked with another medical.

also does this include children, im not sure my son would be happy with a medical but im sure would flash his feeding tube if made to.