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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

Has the everyone just started taking crazy pills?

January 21, 2013 by Mik Scarlet

Just when I thought the topic of disability and sex couldn’t get more media focus, something else catches their attention. Alongside the proposal from Becky Adams to open a special “Disabled Only” brothel that I explored in my last blog there is now the story of Chris Fulton who is

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chris Fulton, Disability, DLA, ILF, mik scarlet, PIP, prostitution, sex, Sex workers, sexuality, vouchers

Don’t read this… read that

January 7, 2011 by Mik Scarlet

I did plan to write a blog about the various proposed changes in what assistance disabled people get via benefits and care packages, but I actually feel that everyone would do better to visit the Disability Now website, or read the current issue of the magazine. The team there have

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Disability, disability now, DLA, Ian Macrae, Incapacity Benefit

"Scapegoat – Part 2"

July 15, 2010 by Mik Scarlet

Further to my last blog, I recently attended an event where I met a fellow disabled person who was the card to hold when playing disability Top Trumps. Not only was he a wheelchair user who had a weakened right arm, but he also was loosing his sight due to

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Conservaive, Disability, DLA, government, HertsPass, Incapacity Benefit, service cuts, spending cuts, Tory

We’re for the Chop… or "My Life as a Scapegoat"

July 5, 2010 by Mik Scarlet

If I’m honest the subject of this blog has me shaking with a mixture of anger and sadness that is making it a little hard to know what to type into my keyboard. However, I feel it is so important that I challenge the hypocrisy of the current scapegoating of

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: DDA, Disability, DLA, government, Incapacity Benefit, recession, spending cuts

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