There are other services with extremely knowledgeable advisors, including Benefits & Work and Fightback4Justice. By the way, PIP isn't means...
Odd, isn't it, @Kalliope? It was funded by Solve, so I guess we can assume they did.
Thank you for that!
Interesting that there are different approaches to this. All my GP notes and blood test results for the last six years were included. It's easy...
I agree that many people will be scored this way on various descriptors, but in some cases it's open to a challenge. For instance, if a...
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I don't know of any specific research, but as sensory sensitivity occurs in many illnesses – all the way from life-threatening conditions to...
It depends on whether it meets specific descriptors, I guess. I don't think the descriptors are a useful way of assessing disability, but they are...
I also wonder if they pick their battles. If your application shows how well you know and understand the descriptors, and you can demonstrate...
I agree. I've had vestibular problems all my life, and they are tiring – but it's not the same as fatigue. You also learn to manage them, even as...
I've been hesitating to comment, as I feel so lacking in knowledge, but does the 'sickness behaviour' response come into this anywhere? ME has...
...and children, when their ME symptoms are doubted by doctors. I suspect it might be another one of those things that'll turn out to be more...
If it's anything like EU arts funding, people will actively avoid applying! It's a shame, there have been some brilliant arts projects with...
Some of my thoughts in response to the article have already been elucidated, but my main worry is for children and young people being looked after...
@wigglethemouse, doesn't the same thing apply re. schizophrenia and donations to the Biobank as with severe ME? I have two schoolfriends who...
This might be too simplistic for what you've experienced, but the reason for my physical pain after noise sensitivity is that it makes me tense....
I've found vagal stimulation genuinely helpful if I've accidentally overdone it and can't switch off at night, though. Resistance breathing...
I haven't had the energy to read the paper properly yet...but realising I'm perhaps one of the few who'd recognise tripe when they see it made me...
I donate to Invest in ME too. According to the last mail I got I've sent them about £40 over the last couple of years, at no additional cost to me...
Other really good options for welfare advice are Fightback4Justice or Benefits & Work. Both ask for small donations/subscriptions, but only to...
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