Injustice of Welfare Reform on blind people
The Welfare Reform Bill is moving back to the Commons in February where MPs will have the chance to either vote for or reject some important changes made by the Lords. This includes extending the time limit on contributory Employment Support Allowance (ESA) to two years. This is your chance to tell your MP to vote for key amendments proposed by the Lords.
How will the reform bill affect blind and partially sighted people?
Blind and partially sighted people need support to secure employment and to manage the extra costs of living with a disability, not the threat of losing their benefits.
Help us to:
- Challenge the 20 per cent budget cut to Disability Living Allowance (DLA).
- Ensure the benefit that replaces DLA, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), meets the needs of blind and partially sighted people.
- Make sure people receive contributory Employment Support Allowance (ESA) for as long as they need it to assist them with their pathway towards work.
You can still make a difference
To keep the changes that we have fought so hard to secure in the final Bill, the next few weeks are crucial. The big focus now is on lobbying MPs to accept the Lord's changes, which for success would need Lib Dem and Conservative MPs to rebel against the government.
Email your MP
Complete the simple form which will automatically Email your MP and ask them to support the recommendations made by the Lords.
Comments
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THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND BLIND HAVE TO TAKE THIS THREAT SERIOUSLY. THE WELFARE SYSTEM IN THE PAST HAS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT ALWAYS ACCEPTED SIGHT LOSS AS A SERIUOS DISABILITY BUT UNDER THESE NEW PROPOSED REFORMS THAT WILL CHANGE.
THESE ARTICLES ARE NOT SENSATIONALISM THEY ARE THE SOUNDS OF DISTANT THUNDER FOREWARNING OF THE STORM TO COME SO DO NOT SIT BACK AND THINK "I WILL BE OK" BCAUSE YOU ARE IN FOR A SHOCK. gET MOTIVATED NOW AND PUT A STOP TO THIS BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.Posted by ANNE MARIE, 24 March 2011 (2 years ago)
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BEEN SHORT SIGHTED IS NO JOKE COVER ONE EYE FOR A DAY AND COVER ONE EAR AND THEN TRY DOING WHAT YOU USUALLY DO DURING EACH DAY BUT IN MY CASE I AM ALSO CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR, HOWEVER AS MY CONDITION WITH SPINAL INJUIRES HAVE GOT WORSE I'M NOW CONFINDED TO MY BED DUE TOPAIN EVERY SINGLE THING I NEED HAS TO BE DONE THROUGH MY CARER. LIFE CAN BE LONELY AND ISOLATED BECAUSE PEOPLE DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY SO KEEP AWAY DID I DESERVE THESE INJUIRES I WAS A VICTIM IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND EACH DAY WAS USED AS MY LAST, I KEPT MYSELF MOBILE JUST WHAT THE DOC'S WANTED THEN WHEN I COULD'NT WALK NO MORE I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD TRAPPED NEREVS IN SPINE AND IT WAS TOOOOO LATE TO REVERSE THE INJUIRES ARE WE GINEA PIGS TESTED TILL THE DOC'S NEED TOFIND OUT THRO ERROR AND HOW MANY DOC' DO YOU KNOW WHO LATTER ACCTPTED THAT THEY MISJUGED THE INFO THEY GAVE YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.......
Posted by CANEV M-EMIN, 4 April 2011 (2 years ago)
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This is about reducing the welfare budget and not about getting disabled people work.
Posted by /Rob Wilcock, 2 September 2011 (2 years ago)
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Hello My name is Anthony and I have a rare eye condition called Congenital Stationary Night Blindness (CSNB). I also have very reduced field vision. I claim DLA as I have trouble with my mobility and care. I am 17 now but on my 18th birthday my benifits change. I currently get the middle rate of the care component and the low rate of mobility. As of the 8th of Feb 2012 this will be reduce to the lower rates of both components. This means I stand to loose over £1200 a year in my benifits. This also means that my mum may losse out on Carers allowance. I am very worried and upset about this change to my benifits. Although my condition is not progressive as such, according to my eye consultant, there will be more complications as I get older. So I cannot see why my benifits should change just because I will be older. I WILL be putting an apeal in against these changes however I am not optamistic. THEY make you feel like a criminal for being disabled and having to claim benifits. I always go into these apeals hoping for the best but expecting the worst. It is a horrible feeling going into adulthood with all this uncertainty about the future .
Posted by Anthony , 21 December 2011 (1 year ago)
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Please start using this term to anyone who will listen, that Blind People, and others who are disabled are being systematically targeted in the first ever campaign of ECONOMIC GENOCIDE.
Posted by The feared, 17 January 2012 (1 year ago)
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I am blind and get the lowest level of disability allowance, is the only way to get to a higher level through drug abuse or alcahol.
Posted by Aileen Mottram, 19 January 2012 (1 year ago)
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David Cameron and Clegg don't care.We are the scapegoats for the countries economic failings.I feel suicidal ,perhaps that's what they want.
Posted by Terry, 7 February 2012 (1 year ago)
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Its all very scary not only am i waiting for my esa medical, which ive been told il fail but i have diabetic retinopathy and all this has dis-rupted my regime, blood sugars have been out of control. The un voted in goverment need to cut money else were
Posted by Lee ketley, 9 March 2012 (1 year ago)
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i am registered blind and suffer with a brain disorder and arthritis i am so scared of having my esa assessment to transfer from incapacity benefit its making me really ill and depressed
Posted by karen, 27 March 2012 (1 year ago)
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isnt there anything we can do to stop this cruel government doing this to us
Posted by karen, 27 March 2012 (1 year ago)
