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A black and white photo of Mik Scarlet's face peaking over a pile of letters from his doctors and surgeons.

My PIP Diary Part Two – The Battle Through Paperwork Mountain

April 10, 2017 by Mik Scarlet

First published Huffington Post 06.04.2017 In the first of my PIP Diaries I explored how finding myself thrown into the process of being reassessed for the new Personal Independence Payment made me feel. After being placed on an indefinite award for the so called “disability benefit” Disability Living Allowance that

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Filed Under: On the Huffington Tagged With: benefits, Disability, Disability lvivng allowance, DLA, DWP, huffington post, medical, NHS, personal independence payment, PIP

A negative image of a letter from the DWP, informing of a PIP reassessment

My P.I.P. Diary – The Saga Begins

April 7, 2017 by Mik Scarlet

This the first in a series of diaries charting my journey as I am assessed for the new Personal Independence Payment. In 1981 my spine collapsed, leaving me paralysed. After I came out of hospital I applied for two benefits called Attendance Allowance and Mobility Allowance. I was assessed by

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Filed Under: On the Huffington Tagged With: benefits, Disability, Disability lvivng allowance, DLA, DWP, government, personal independence payment, PIP

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Huffington Round Up

February 26, 2016 by Mik Scarlet

Oh dear, I’ve been rather remiss on my website updates recently but I can blame it on being too busy actually writing stuff for publication. My Huffington Post column has been a hive of activity so if you haven’t seen them be ready for a lot of reading. Trust me

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Filed Under: On the Huffington Tagged With: art, Disability, Graeae, huffington post, Imagine, Numan, Sounthbank

#2fingersto2pounds Twitter Campaign!

October 21, 2014 by Mik Scarlet

Unless you’ve been hiding under a stone, or just don’t own a TV, radio or computer, you must know about the government welfare minister Lord Freud and his recent comments about some disabled people not being worth the National Minimum Wage. In response to this Shape Arts have started a

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Filed Under: On the Huffington Tagged With: Disability, employees, equality, huffington post, lord freud, minimum, national, wage, worth

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Huffington Frenzy and other stories.

September 18, 2014 by Mik Scarlet

  I have been a busy boy recently. As August drew to a close, I found myself reflecting on what it means to be getting old. I had just celebrated my 49th birthday, and as my parents were told I wouldn’t make it past the age of 5 the fact

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Filed Under: Journalism, On the Huffington Tagged With: art, Disability, disability now, disabled, holiday, huffington post, Julie McNamara, Katherine Araniello, Penny Pepper, performance, poetry, Posability, travel Margate, Unlimited

Out of Hospital & Better Than Ever!

July 5, 2014 by Mik Scarlet

Sorry for the radio silence but to be honest I’ve been crazy busy since coming out of hospital. Luckily everything went well with my surgery and my scar is healing so quickly it already is hard to see. Nice! As part of my recovery I have had to stay in

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Filed Under: On the Huffington Tagged With: assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, hospital, huffington post, journalism, Royal National Othapaedic Hospital

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