In being petrified about the welfare changes which will affect parents who care for disabled children?

[Dillydaydreaming]

AIBU?

If I am then please explain why parents (often the mother) who have to give up work to take on a caring role are going to be penalised by this utter scum of a "caring" ( don't make me laugh - I might actually fucking cry) Govt.

I am hearing that some families are going to be worse off by huge amounts a month - one family by nearly £200 which is massive if you are already a low income family.

I could quite honestly cry with worry. I work 16 hours a week, my son who is autistic needs supervision day AND night, I am often utterly exhausted and cannot commit to any more hours. I am currently off sick due to sheer fucking exhaustion and yet this fucking Govt think unless I work 20 hours a week I am workfare fodder.

Well do you know what? They can go screw themselves - stupid arseholes all of them.
I cannot physically do any more hours, I can hardly cope with those I do have.

Even worse is the suspicion that with the continual drip feed of erroneous facts and figures designed to portray us all as scrounging workshy wasters there are many who simply won't give a shit prevent worse will AGREE with the changes because they are too thick to read behind the headlines. Children with ADHD qualifying for free cars anyone? What a load of bollocks THAT was, but despite the later retraction by the DM, the damage is done. I've already seen it repeated here by someone who "read it somewhere".

Caring my arse. This Govt does not care for
anyone except those who will line it's pockets

Actually while I feel THIS tired, exhausted, drained etc I cannot think anyone can justify this to me.

This Govt is utter shit of the highest order and my contempt for them knows no bounds.

I am crying, scared and angry all at the same time and it's horrible.

Would one of you be kind and link me some of the key documents about this? Or signpost where I should search? [Realises level of ignorance emoticon].

Thanks

Joined online campaign and shared it on Facebook.

I have a severly disabled child and we may be affected too. I will e-mail today and ask friends to do so too. I wrote down my intentions here last night but upon looking at this thread all that seems to have appeared from my post is a shocked emoticon.

edith

Some stuff that might be useful:
PIP draft
Welfare Reform Bill
The Broken of Britain

And the petition link again here

2294 at the moment.

One landmine is that foster carers are not excluded from the overhousing tarriff. So the bedroom they have for children they are fostering or providing short term respite to is now counted as spare and any housing benefit they receive is reduced unless they move to a smaller property. Adapted properties will be lost through this rule.

This has always been true for private lets but they've extended it to social housing.

also edith

Every Disabled Child Matters

family action

Contact A Family

my blog post for Frothers

Many thanks!

I'll do some reading up later in the day.

I've signed and shared the petition.

This whole situation makes me sick to my stomach. I can't understand why politicians can't put themselves in the shoes of vulnerable people and understand how terrifying it feels right now to either be disabled or have a vulnerable child. I understand the need for cuts. I don't understand targeting vulnerable people.

disabled child that should say

TheHumancatapult I have to claim for us, or be taken to court for debt, but I?ve been putting it off because it?s all so awful and I?m so afraid I?ll end up required to pay it back, (as has already happened with disability tax credits which were instead of DLA for the 1st year, but then rules changed and I shouldn?t have still got it apparently. I now owe HMRC £5000 with no way of paying other than through DLA) or start being reported as fraudulent by a spiteful neighbour as happened before when I did claim it. (I was cleared but it really took it?s toll)

Just signed the epetition it is now at 2508

Still low though

Am still failing to understand why only one child per family; do they really think having multiples does not further complicate life and make it harder to work and just generally cope?

Interestingly it appears that if you have a spouse with MH or any other illness at MRC level or below who cannot or will not attend workfare for reasons linked to their disorder, you would be safer financially leaving them. Becuase if you manage to get your hours in and they don't you would lose it all as a couple but not as a singleton.

Way to go ConDems!

Thank you so much all you have signed and shared.

I really hope that Clegg et al have the balls to dismantle the coalition. They have the power. They can do it. Legislation says there is no need for an election. I would like to think that they have been playing the long game and giving Dave (former DLA claimant) and Gideon enough rope to hang themselves but you never know.

I have been sharing on Twitter and on FB - am sharing it at regular intervals too so that as many people as possible see it.

oh please could more people sign

Thing is that they can bleat on about transitional status all they like, the fact is that families with disabled children will all be getting less support financially than they currently do.
That to me is just plain wrong.

The transitional payments are only until you have a change in circumstances - like, say, having to move because you are 'under-occupying your house'. THAT will trigger the end of transitional payments. Another change of circumstance - one of your children having their 5th or 12th birthday. Or their 16th birthday. Or you take on more hours at work (which they are making you do...), or you start a new job, or blah blah blah blah blah...At which point, you will lose ALL your transitional protection.

I can't remember where I read it (have been doing lots of reading lately!)but I saw a statistic that the ConDem governmant are working on the premise that 25% of people will have LOST their transitional protection payments within the first year of their claim, 50% of people will have LOST their transitional protection in the second year of their claim, and a shocking 75% of people will have LOST their transitional protection payments within the first 3 years of their UC claim. .

And that, apparently, is why they are so willing to pay the transitional protection. Because they know it won't be for too long.