tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post6861361723270098139..comments2023-07-04T16:57:28.929+01:00Comments on Where's the Benefit?: The Magical Thinking at DWP Gets WorseLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-57056449876917118242012-02-26T00:22:35.240+00:002012-02-26T00:22:35.240+00:00"my medical report form states in two places ..."my medical report form states in two places that I will not be expected to return to work in the longer term!! But I'm in the WRAG group, it makes no sense."<br /><br />Yep, the definition of WRAG is completely incompatible with the people the ESA descriptors lead to being put into it. I'm not sure whether it's deliberate obfuscation to allow all the back to work rhetoric, or sheer, utter, cluelessness.DavidGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734028655032503805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-17037690193641879612012-02-22T22:22:22.526+00:002012-02-22T22:22:22.526+00:00I've just been moved from IB (9 years) to ESA ...I've just been moved from IB (9 years) to ESA WRAG with no medical, my medical report form states in two places that I will not be expected to return to work in the longer term!! But I'm in the WRAG group, it makes no sense. Any attempt to make me work will end up with me in hospital or taking my own life from sheer pain, unfortunately pain that is invisible. I should appeal but I just can't face it, just doing the form has me utterly depressed and I usually can find some happy in my horrid life!Nikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401728594896566020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-92127540760969818402012-02-17T22:04:21.871+00:002012-02-17T22:04:21.871+00:00This truly horrifies me. The idea behind it impli...This truly horrifies me. The idea behind it implies that sick and disabled people are choosing not to work rather than the workplace choosing not to support them into work. It would require a great deal of flexibility on the part of an employer and a great deal of support for the sick or disabled person to get them into a job that they could sustain in the long term without doing themselves irreparable harm. Where is the stick they are waving at the employers instead of at the sick and disabled?Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13254578516714017969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-89964126176955006702012-02-17T21:08:47.177+00:002012-02-17T21:08:47.177+00:00http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=259http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=259Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01470094033563510810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-75698580734224731572012-02-17T21:04:06.294+00:002012-02-17T21:04:06.294+00:00UN ENABLE
Article 8 - Awareness-raising
1. State...UN ENABLE<br /><br />Article 8 - Awareness-raising<br /><br />1. States Parties undertake to adopt immediate, effective and appropriate measures:<br /><br /> a) To raise awareness throughout society, including at the family level, regarding persons with disabilities, and to foster respect for the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities;<br /><br /> b) To combat stereotypes, prejudices and harmful practices relating to persons with disabilities, including those based on sex and age, in all areas of life;<br /><br /> c) To promote awareness of the capabilities and contributions of persons with disabilities.<br /><br />2. Measures to this end include:<br /><br /> a) Initiating and maintaining effective public awareness campaigns designed:<br /><br /> To nurture receptiveness to the rights of persons with disabilities;<br /> To promote positive perceptions and greater social awareness towards persons with disabilities;<br /> To promote recognition of the skills, merits and abilities of persons with disabilities, and of their contributions to the workplace and the labour market;<br /><br /> b) Fostering at all levels of the education system, including in all children from an early age, an attitude of respect for the rights of persons with disabilities;<br /><br /> c) Encouraging all organs of the media to portray persons with disabilities in a manner consistent with the purpose of the present Convention;<br /><br /> d) Promoting awareness-training programmes regarding persons with disabilities and the rights of persons with disabilities.Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01470094033563510810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-30748342620142694812012-02-17T20:49:25.543+00:002012-02-17T20:49:25.543+00:00I agree with Mark, duty of care could be a huge li...I agree with Mark, duty of care could be a huge liability for DWP here. Nor is it simply injury, I control the negative effects of my disability by spending most of my life flat on my back, now if you force me into a situation where I can't do that, then how seriously are you treating your duty of care towards me.DavidGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734028655032503805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-11530715358937891812012-02-17T20:35:14.575+00:002012-02-17T20:35:14.575+00:00I am going to speak to my Disability Solicitor nex...I am going to speak to my Disability Solicitor next week and see what the legalities of this areLeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01470094033563510810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-79224395668807218442012-02-17T19:32:49.145+00:002012-02-17T19:32:49.145+00:00andf they wonder why we take our livesandf they wonder why we take our livesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-33333559128320560902012-02-17T19:29:55.725+00:002012-02-17T19:29:55.725+00:00Yea, it's all getting surreal, in a Nightmare ...Yea, it's all getting surreal, in a Nightmare on Elm Street kind of way.Socrateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525104555859213125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-26837928907414484822012-02-17T19:25:41.688+00:002012-02-17T19:25:41.688+00:00Here's a thought to focus the minds of JCP Dis...Here's a thought to focus the minds of JCP Disability Employment Advisers who plan to compel a disabled person to work. "Duty Of Care". <br />I bet the courts will have a field day when a GP has signed someone as unfit for work, the DWP has overriddden the GP, and injury follows!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00870424876173842980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-39835678726926793982012-02-17T19:20:52.968+00:002012-02-17T19:20:52.968+00:00I have been extraorinarily lucky - but it shouldn&...I have been extraorinarily lucky - but it shouldn't be down to luck, in that the advisor at my local Jobcentre is supportive. Obviously things might get difficult at the end of december 2012[I changed from income support to employment & support allowance last september]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com