Disability Living Allowance

Parking row illustrates a wider need to change attitudes.

Next month, I will be spending an afternoon at the magistrates’ court contesting a parking ticket I received a few months ago from Islington Council. I fully expect to win. For me the issue is not really the fact that the ticket was wrongly issued and that I will have righted a wrong, but more [...]

March 19th, 2011|Categories: Changing attitudes, Empathy|Tags: attitudes, change attitudes, changing attitudes, disability, Disability Living Allowance, parking|

Dave’s attitude reveals that changing attitudes is the priority

Most people agree that the true sign of a modern and civilized society can be seen in the way that it treats those that are “weakest”. Social welfare, even in times of austerity, should ensure that the “weakest” do not slip through the net. For disabled people, the holes in the net have just got [...]

October 25th, 2010|Categories: Changing attitudes, Inclusion, The spending review|Tags: attitudes, changing attitudes, David Cameron, disability, Disability Living Allowance, DLA, empathy, Employment and Support Allowance, ESA, spending review|