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Welfare Reform Bill & benefit cuts

Simon's Dad

Our son Simon is 29 and in residential care. He is severely learning disabled with a mental age of less than 2 and autistic. Our great fear at the moment is the removal of mobility allowance for disabled people in care. The Welfare Reform Bill, published 17 February 2011, makes clear the coalition government intend to press ahead with removing mobility payments to anyone in a care home.

Look forward to discussing this and other benefit cuts issues with anyone concerned.

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  • Hello Simon's Dad,

    I'm new to this forum but was poked into joining by my fears for the future of my autistic daughter and others like her. Your son's mobility allowance presumably goes to the care home as payment towards trips out, daily care with getting from a to b, etc. I know I couldn't even send my daughter, who is 18, to my next door neighbour without leading her there as she'd be off up the road, totally unaware. No chance of ever crossing the road without guidance. Our young people's needs are well beyond normal but it seems as though their quality of life counts for nothing. The measure of a society is in how we take care of our vulnerable members - if this government gets their way our 'big society' will be sadly lacking.

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  • Hello Simon's Dad,

    I'm new to this forum but was poked into joining by my fears for the future of my autistic daughter and others like her. Your son's mobility allowance presumably goes to the care home as payment towards trips out, daily care with getting from a to b, etc. I know I couldn't even send my daughter, who is 18, to my next door neighbour without leading her there as she'd be off up the road, totally unaware. No chance of ever crossing the road without guidance. Our young people's needs are well beyond normal but it seems as though their quality of life counts for nothing. The measure of a society is in how we take care of our vulnerable members - if this government gets their way our 'big society' will be sadly lacking.

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