Supporting disbaled people unsustainable?

I asked once about employment for the assessors role and was told I was probably over qualified.

Know what I am talking about more like.

It's shocking how badly publicised all this is isn't it? I never heard about the epilepsy thing until after I heard you post about it.

TBH could you imagine if this was to a NT benefit- well we know don't we; the CB thing recently.

I am expecting on the basis of no evidence except instinct for AS to be reclassified as they have pulled a lot of employment support altely adn they won;t want those people claiming ESA etc.

I've been helping DH with a study on the French Revolution today, I have a lot of revolutionary stuff coarsing through my mind.

And a good deal of the (non violent sections) quotes underlined as being as relevant today as when they are from.

It needs over turning but they passed a law IIRC against that, have to serve a full 5 year term (if they did not they are going to).

Shit isn;t it?

And it doesn;t mean all are out to get you; we experience as much kindness as the opposite of course.

But I am unwilling (to DH's frustration) to give in and hand over my own sense of self worth which is largely built on my morals, I do however think I might do my boys a disservice if I raise them the same.

EMA- esa. Doh.

And of course as any politican knows- they can take it away and you know what? 'they' win (a random 'they': I don't believe not caring to be a rpeserve of any one party). Because we will still feed and love our kids, oh yes the SN may mean we still cannot work and live in poverty but the kids will be alright.
Until we die, of course. My boys are unsupported by SSD; if that situation remains (I suspect it will) and something happened to the last surving one of us what woudl happen to ds3 I wonder? Well I know; he'd sit staring at his PC without eating, drinking, moving or using a toilet until he starved. Nice thought. Or maybe ds1 could take him in? The fact ds1 is physically abusive to ds3 unless we keep them in sight at all times would not be noted by anyone as after all, he qualifies for nothing.

And it almost makes me laugh that I am 'lucky' to have two disabled kids- ds3 disability is indisputable. DS1's is only visible over time and experiecne. No childcare institution would touch him though so I can actually imagine a situation where his benefits would be cut meaning i'd lose my carers, as I coudln;t work, but i;d lose JSA as well becuase I couldn't seek work, or turn up at those compulsory work events without him in tow either. Thank goodness ds3 is more visibly severe eh? What a bizarre conclusion to have to reach!

You know, fear alone is a cruel thing- announcements without back up are horrible when you ahve no options but to wait.

But DC is but one person: he cannot have a real understanding of every aspect becuase as he admitted to Riven he could buy in the practical help he needed. Emotionally I have no doubt but one's philosophy of why people are able to have or not ahve the resources would feed any interpretation.

The reality is that massive numbers of people who cannot work are being thrown off EMA becuase the tests are unfit for purpose- unless we believe that every person who can pick up a pencil on request (ds3 could, possibly) can hold a job? And that it is OK for those turned down by people who have no real training to then be denied the resources to appeal? My specialism is ASD: you would struggle to find people less able to appeal amongst the non LD population than someone with an ASD. At the same time the people who would normally help- often in LA employment- are losing their jobs left right and centre, or indeed if in voluntary employment as many advocates are being forced back into paid employment becuase of many factors- bioth cuts to state help and a mass rising in redundancies within everyone's families.

The support system as it is, DLA is one of teh elast abused benefits in existence- a lot of the stats given out are in fact applicable to ESA which nobody would be likely to argue has been secure. But the difference between a benefit that someone can get on the say so of one GP and one that is hard to get with a wedge of aperpwork from many experts is tangible.

Ultimately experience of something amkes no difference, only interpretations of the reasons behind something. My dad's family was raised in abject poverty (real, hunger causing poverty) and half that family are very compassionate to other people in the situation, and half absolutely of the belief that if they survived so can anyone, sod them. I'm not saying DC does (or doesn't) believe that but it is a relevant illustration.

It's not as if it's ideal either now: ds1 is up for a place at a local ASD comp. Two places, with currently 37 kids needing those places after the screening process. DS1 was at the top of the list at one stage but I know that a lcoal SNU has put forwards some other children as emergency cases: who knows what will happen as the other local comp has said they cannot meet his needs. he gets no other input- zero- so we know he will probably lose DLA at the next application (June) based not on his disability but a lack of evidence due to service cutbacks, but any scheme brought in utilising under trained assessors and with a target to cut claims by 20% is going to harm people. There is not 20% of people falsely claiming DLA, and if there were they need to start sacking a lot of NHS professionals becuase it is them who verify the forms.