Today is the International Day of Disabled People and I thought it might be interesting to look again at some recent coverage here and elsewhere of current attitudes towards disability:
“40% felt disabled people turned down job offers even when they were physically capable of doing them.”
“27% of people think legislation (to give disabled people access to work and independent living) has gone too far”
Access all areas: Disability survey
“Paying a fortune to the five million on handouts - like X Factor reject Wagner Carrilho - is a major reason the
“'Get a job you scrounger!” Manchester Bus Driver to disabled passenger.
“75% of incapacity claimants are fit to work: Tough new benefits test weeds out the workshy” Daily Mail
Grayling: latest figures show the vast majority of people being found fit for work DWP
'well, we all know that many people currently getting this (DLA) really aren't disabled and shouldn't be getting it'. DWP manager responsible for the support of disabled claimants.
Looks like we have a long, long way to go.
(My thanks to the other WTB contributors for the articles I’ve shamelessly plundered for this!)
i am so very scared of this medical i am to have soon i feel so much more ill because of this i feel like they will just ignore every word i say (if i have the ability to say anythign through tears)
ReplyDeleteI HATE THIS GOVERNMENT
ReplyDeleteWhy are they attacking the disabled at every turn and making us into a nothing?
When they have plenty of money to give to other countries all the time showing we are just sh*t on their shoes
I DID NOT CHOOSE TO GET DISABLED CAMERON
http://www.mssociety.org.uk/news_events/news/press_releases/dla_changes.html