Do NOT fuck with the deaf and ABSOLUTELY DO NOT FUCK WITH THE BLIND!
They’ve had blind and deaf societies (charitable foundations) about as long as the Metropolitan Police have been around.
They’re great organisations for people who suffer from those conditions because they DO NOT stand for these people going without the support they need.
They are viciously litigious and I for one can only hope that they continue to take the DWP to the fucking cleaners on behalf of the rest of society who continue to be shafted by that horrid department.
DWP still fucks us though. Refusing to provide help with claims unless you insist. Takes ages to get things sorted with them keep saying. We are not allowed to fill the forms for you.
If you are not someone strong enough to stand up to them. They will fuck you over in the name of process. Saying you need to find someone to help you. PS do not do that. Make sure they get someone qualified.
What was said internally is absolutely brutal.
How many others lack the energy, strength, or (bs) “social skills” to work through this?
Might actually result in change.
My own lived experience is that the blind/deaf orgs who pursue these things should be a model for other orgs serving folks w/ other disabilities.
As a legally blind person also my brother.
DWP really is crappy. You ask for help filling thing in. They out right say they can’t.
You are literally forced to insist. My brother literally sat at the desk with his guide dog. And said I am not leaving untill I get help.
This was when moving him from DLA to PIP. When it first happened.
Disable people should not be forced to fight for their rights. By the same government responsible for enforcing the laws.
You are entirly correct many lack the energy and strength.
Things are no better stateside. To get social security disability takes years, and a lawyer who will take a portion of your back pay settlement when finally awarded.
And of course one can’t be earning money during the process.
Even with private short term disability coverage through employer, while it was more efficient than that, I still barely had the strength to get through it just to get partially paid for 10 hrs a week for a few months, in hopes that I can regroup, get things back together, and be able to make it through forty hour weeks.
Since that’s an external company, and our HR and payroll is a different external company, now I have to stay on the latter to make sure a) they get the memo and b) I actually get the pay in question.
Seriosly
Why would anyone expect the states to be better. You have a reputation for cruelty towards your own citizens.
Honestly the states is not the part of the world most brits expect anyone to aspire towards. Its who we warn people to avoid.
