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I saw a good post on social media today. I think a pwME. Along the lines of- Government wants me to work. Log in to DWP Gov Job site. Used the filters to find disability confident employers>work fully remote/from home>part time. There are 7 jobs advertised. How are we all going to get jobs if...

GP’s are overworked and underpaid, too. Fit Notes were supposed to come in with some sort of government-run Occupational Health type service who would assess people on behalf of the workplace and suggest adjustments…never happened. Just left to GPs.

Looking forward to the lecture being posted in the next few days.

Not the way they’re thinking of it, I can bet you it involves an app and exercise…

Own goal! Also if GPs are signing too many people off and it’s wrong, why isn’t he telling his colleagues and professional body to act appropriately? instead of tattle tailing to the press. Honestly you don’t even need a GCSE in Media Studies to see what’s happening here… In addition, I think...

Whaaaaaaattttt!?!?!? Im not reading any more. They can get in the bin.

Ah now it makes sense. He wrote it then.

Odd wasn’t it?

From what I understand stand, they will- Increase UC for everyone claiming, from about £400 per month to about £775 per month Get rid of the WCA assessment (with its different criteria and points from PIP) Merge LCWRA and LC to form the “health group” and receive the “health” payment on top...

Bizarre article in the independent about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I guess someone just copied an old press release from 2009...

They actually looked annoyed at my tribunal when I said I didn’t drive (never took the test) and didn’t have a blue badge (don’t drive, don’t get driven anywhere except the supermarket, which has a car park). I guess these are the usual areas where they “catch people out” and I accidentally...

I agree, my language and reasoning and citing of the law were brilliant, but they still found (ridiculous) ways to justify their decision.

My point was that I think this is the only illness where you have to stop doing things before they make you unwell (induce fatigue or PEM). Benefits aren’t set up for that. Nothing is, really.

I think there is a lot of masking involved. We already know that autistic women often “mask” to fit in, women in general are told to put other peoples feelings/comfort/needs ahead of their own. Mix that with a “majority female” disease (which it may not be, men could be under diagnosed but it...

This might be side-thoughts @bobbler but what I’ve been thinking about benefits is along similar lines - it’s hard to get across the cumulative effects and the rolling PEM. And there are none so deaf, as those who will not listen. The other part of the cumulative/rolling PEM is this - visible...

Mine are near my ovaries but I can tell it’s not them! Ovary pain is very specific lol.

Yeah that’s not a thing any more. I guess having (most) scores being an even number helps because 8 is the first threshold.

I get sore lymph nodes in my throat and near the groin, very occasionally in the armpits. The body has lots! They feel tender to touch but don’t usually qualify as “swollen”.

3 points only exists in “help getting in or out of the shower”, apart from the 1 point for meds, the others are all in multiples of 2.

Yes they will be abolished, because it seems they might have abolished the LCWRA payment. Therefore you don’t need to be assessed as to whether you’re LC or LCWRA as you’ll automatically go into LC group and receive the lower LC rate, and have to prepare to find work. Unless you’re severely...