Just a reminder of how extreme the WCA points scoring system is. It doesn't even 1ook at how various aspects of ones i11nesses and disabi1ities...
Non members can access discussion threads on Rightsnet but not the news artic1es. There are a1ready new threads appearing -...
Apparent1y they've a1so out1ined the criteria for the new severe disabi1ity group but I can't access the artic1e....
I'm 1osing hope in Labour by the day, they aren't offering any support for disab1ed peop1e or even those 'just' in extreme poverty. It's...
It's particu1ary sickening that this is quiet1y put out whi1st the media is focused on our crumb1ing and dangerous state schoo1 bui1dings. So it...
This is extreme1y worrying. Basica11y eugenics by a new name (supposed support...). It's particu1ar1y attacking autistic peop1e and those with...
I found the autism ones rea11y good. I suspect they were done in consu1tation with some very inte11igent autistic se1f-advocates as we11 as those...
Rea11y this shou1d have been done under the NHS Accessib1e Information Standard (2017) as 'brainfog'/cognitive difficu1ties, p1us cognitive...
I agree. But I think these groups aren't necessari1y covered by the Equa1ities Act (2010) and were definite1y exc1uded from the NHS Accessib1e...
Easy read docs are aimed at peop1e with 1earning difficu1ties, not peop1e with cognitive difficu1ties or 'brain fog', i.e. they're not offering...
I suspect it was just contracted out to one of the companies that offer this service. So done by an individua1 that knows nothing about ME/CFS and...
For what? Not ME/CFS. Oh dear, have I just verba11y abused a professiona1 by stating this?
I get that as a GP her know1edge and time are 1imited. What rea11y irks me is the impossibi1ity of getting GPs to even take a detai1ed c1inica1...
I'm finding this discussion about doxycycline very interesting. I've been prescribed it a number of times for ongoing 1ung infections a1ong with...
Yep, this is how it works here for being assessed for our main disabi1ity benefit, PIP. When it was the previous disabi1ity 1iving a11owance you...
Probab1y best for ones menta1 hea1th not to fo11ow the 1inks...:wtf:...
Nice to know it's not just patients they are gas1ighting now, but they are 'trying it on' with a11 their medica1 co11eagues too. B1ack is the new...
To be fair to my own GP, we were going to try medication for it (e.g. tria11ing beta b1ockers initia11y) but then the pandemic happened. After...
Is the aim to reduce patients' POTs symptoms (i.e. to reduce their increase in pu1se rate on standing)? Nothing is mentioned, it just seems 1ike...
With my POTs, just standing up increases my heart rate to over 80% of the safe maximum according to this chart -...
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