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According to charities, public abuse of disabled people is on the rise . Four readers tell their stories Isobel Glenelg, posts as IsobelGlenelg Having no visible signs of disability (unless you count an almost permanent pain-induced grimace) has its drawbacks. In the early days of my blue badge ownership, I was often glared at disapprovingly.
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Who ‘deserves’ disability benefits? Everyone in physical need | Madeline Lewis
We don’t deny the rich the right to use the NHS or state schools, so why should we deny them help dressing and eating? Hostility towards those on disability benefits has been on the rise this week, evidenced by the reports of increased public abuse towards the disabled, and the outcry regarding the lottery-winning couple who still claim disability benefits. These outpourings of venom betray an ignorance about what any disabled person goes through on a daily basis – loss of privacy, independence and dignity, for example – as well as a total inconsistency in views on social welfare.
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Who ‘deserves’ disability benefits? Everyone in physical need | Madeline Lewis
Benefit cuts are fuelling abuse of disabled people, say charities
Rising public resentment blamed on government focus on alleged ‘scrounger’ fraud and inflammatory media coverage The government’s focus on alleged fraud and overclaiming to justify cuts in disability benefits has caused an increase in resentment and abuse directed at disabled people, as they find themselves being labelled as scroungers, six of the country’s biggest disability groups have warned. Some of the charities say they are now regularly contacted by people who have been taunted on the street about supposedly faking their disability and are concerned the climate of suspicion could spill over into violence or other hate crimes.
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Benefit cuts are fuelling abuse of disabled people, say charities
Benefit cuts are fuelling abuse of disabled people, say charities
Rising public resentment blamed on government focus on alleged ‘scrounger’ fraud and inflammatory media coverage The government’s focus on alleged fraud and overclaiming to justify cuts in disability benefits has caused an increase in resentment and abuse directed at disabled people, as they find themselves being labelled as scroungers, six of the country’s biggest disability groups have warned. Some of the charities say they are now regularly contacted by people who have been taunted on the street about supposedly faking their disability and are concerned the climate of suspicion could spill over into violence or other hate crimes
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Benefit cuts are fuelling abuse of disabled people, say charities
Letters: The benefits of a civilised society
Today the welfare reform bill is expected to return to the Commons ( Report , 30 January). Under government plans, 670,000 households – two-thirds containing a disabled family member – would lose an average of £670 a year because they are deemed to have one or more additional bedrooms. Separated parents or grandparents who use their extra bedroom to share the care of their children or grandchildren; families in which two same-sex teenage children have their own bedroom for privacy and study; foster parents with rooms occupied by foster children – many, despite having nowhere else to move to, will see their incomes cut if the bill passes unamended.
Vic Finkelstein obituary
His political activism turned from apartheid to disability rights The political activist and campaigner Vic Finkelstein, who has died aged 73, was deported from South Africa for his support of the anti-apartheid movement.
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Vic Finkelstein obituary
