To be terrified about PIP?

[BobbyBiscuits]

I've tried to blank all this out for ages, but today it hit me when the government basically are saying I'm going to (they want me to) have my PIP cut off?
My main illnesses are severe depressive disorder, general anxiety disorder and severe anorexia. I've severe PTSD symptoms and also think I may have ADHD but have not been able to get diagnosed due to phobia of MH services since I got sectioned.
I now have physical symptoms also and severe osteperosis which I put on my last forms. But had no assessment for several years.
I'm praying this is BS from the Tories and they can't do it anyway as they'll be kicked out.
Or could labour still continue this assault against disabled people?
It would halve my already tiny income, other half is from ESA, and they could kick me off that too even though I can't do anything!?

What do people think?

I know what I read. You suggested that 'necessary appointments' should be funded but not necessarily others. So yes, as you have confirmed you have suggested disabled people should not be able to travel by taxi. I find your gas lighting highly offensive!

Yes someone did say it.

The bigotry on this thread is shameless.

So you don’t think that the baby boomers who worked and paid NI all their lives should be entitled to state pension now ? If the presumption is that previous working generations have funded the pensioners of their time, how are baby boomers any different now it’s their turn ?

The backtracking is fun though.

Quote the post to prove that I have suggested 'disabled people should not be able to travel by taxi'. It shouldn't be hard to do if it actually happened and I'm gas lighting you. Go on! Not something that suggests there may be some limit, but one that proves what you have specifically accused me of. You won't be able to because it didn't happen. Once again, like so many on this thread you have just inferred something that was never actually written.

Where did I say you said that? I just suggested that by other people not claiming it does not leave more money in the pot for those that need it as you claimed. But as you have now confirmed yourself that doesn't happen.

@Bumpitybumper maybe didn't mean it but anyone reading his/hers post surely can see a suggestion of people not having pride or morals if they claim benefits (particular if they have plenty of money.) It is disingenuous to suggest otherwise.

Do you think not having a disability is a luxury ?

Quite!

Perhaps you’d like all disabled people to stand quietly in the corner and wait for death so as not to inconvenience anyone. This is a fucking awful thread with some of the most ableist and ignorant viewpoints I’ve see in a very long time. Why MN have let it stand so long is beyond me.

What’s lazy is so many people buying into the idea that the proposed cuts to benefits are anything other than ideological. It’s the exact opposite of the government acting on public opinion. It’s the government manipulating public opinion by vilifying claimants and presenting their own version of why benefits like PIP are unsustainable instead of the truth. Critical thinking is severely lacking on this thread.

It's not disingenuous. This thread is such an echo chamber it's scary. @SummerBreeze1980 is hardly an impartial person...

It leaves more money to fund public services or perhaps more accurately not too cut them as much as might otherwise happen. Do you deny this? Do you think unclaimed benefits make no difference at all?

If you think this government will use any of the savings made by slashing disability benefits to better fund public services or to better target those more severely disabled you are utterly deluded.

I didn't say that or imply that.

There is a vast difference between questioning a £100 cinema trip and saying all disabled people should stand in a corner and die quietly!

Here we are in black and white. Where you generously said you would fully support a disabled person being able to use taxis 'to get to necessary appointments'. You also understood how taxis 'feel like a necessity to you.'

I never claimed to be impartial. But your gaslighting is blatant for all to see. I think you must forget we can all go back and read exactly what you have written however much you try and dig yourself out of yourself Ur very deep whole.

I merely corrected the myth you were pedalling that by not claiming benefits there is more in the pot for those in need. You have agreed with me so why you keep going I have no idea! 😂

A 2 income family can have a household income of £198k and be eligible for funded childcare, I wonder how many are morally opposed to claiming their hours.

Exactly. The ignorance is shocking!

So why haven't you been able to find the illusive post that proves that I said disabled people should only be able to use taxis for medical appointments?

I'm in literally no hole. My posts stand because they're not ableist

Echo chamber because many people disagree with you? Your knowledge and understanding of the welfare system is poor and you’re judgmental of claimants. Hopefully you - or your family - never find yourself reliant on the state at all..

Keep up! I've already posted it! Wasn't quite so as illusive as you thought! 😂 I have to laugh or I'll cry at this point!

I think the Cambridge dictionary is a sufficient source to define the commonly accepted meaning of a word.
It obtuse and ridiculous to centre the definition of something around your own personal experiences of what you think is necessary or a bit nice to have.

I have a disabled family member. I have stated this several times on this thread.