[quote=“Rebecca85”] I will respond to rizzo as she has explained some of the costs associated with her disability. [quote=rizzo]
[/quote] 4 year old: Medications: free (NHS) Supplements: I do not think she takes any Gym fees: none, she has physio provided free through school or NHS which is able to meet her needs Petrol: Not sure of the exact figures, but to be fair her dad only passed his driving test a few months ago, they managed without a car to that point. Aids: provided free through NHS Home help: none needed as Dad does housework while girl is at school Car: provided through Motability, but see point about petrol Cost of food: again not sure, but she is entitled to free school meals which should offset some of the cost Care: £0 as provided by Dad, £0 for an assistant at school (provided by school), £0 for respite care provided by council Extra trips to hospital, clinics etc: reimbursed for travel costs through NHS low income scheme so £0 Clearly, her costs are somewhat less than yours rizzo since she is a child, more of her needs are met through school and NHS. Surely it would make sense for either more of your needs to be met, or for you to get more money to be able to meet those needs yourself? DLA is supposed to be based on need, so why the huge difference in needs for people receiving the same amount of benefit? I am not saying that this girl and family are not needy, simply that she is not as needy as some who are receiving the same benefit. And don’t forget that there are other benefits that dad receives for her such as extra child tax credits, so in reality she may receive more money than some who are less needy.[/quote]
Oh my goodness Rebecca.
You have no idea if she takes supplements or requires a special diet do you, or actually very much beyond what you see and judge when you see them in the street.
The father has possibly had to incur the cost of driving lessons in order to transport his disabled child around. He wouldn’t have previously had to pay for petrol.
The father does the housework while she is at school, I don’t know how you know this but presume you’ve been peeping through the windows or gossiping with other ‘concerned neighbours / concerned readers of The Scum’.
Care – you say cost £0 because it’s provided by dad – ergo – dad doesn’t / can’t work because he’s a carer for his disabled child – this is saving the state £’s in residential care for the little girl.
Contrast this little girls case where her family receives whatever level of DLA she is entitled to (rest assured, this will have been very carefully assessed, despite what you believe, entitlement is not automatic) with the case of tragic Ivan Cameron whose parents, it is said (I can’t confirm this) claimed DLA on his behalf.
His father never fails to exploit the memory of his deceased little boy in an effort to gain credibility and prove that he ‘understands’ what the parents or disabled children have to go through.
Ivan Cameron’s father doesn’t mention how his private wealth (growing every day no doubt through aforementioned tax loopholes and other jolly ruses) paid for 2 x 24 hour carers for his son and a nanny for his other children.
Ivan’s caring daddy has presided over the most scandalous cuts to multiple funding streams to disabled people ever witnessed. He’s introduced ESA which has seen the deaths of people previously found ‘fit for work’ by his lackey French poodles (don’t give) ATOS, he’s cut Housing Benefit, he’s cut Supporting People, he’s cut the Independent Living Fund, he’s migrating severely disabled people currently on DLA, causing them anxiety and stress to PIP.
And don’t forget the swathes of cuts through local government which has had a devastating impact on services for disabled people.
Ivan’s caring daddy is in the process of destroying services and benefits to disabled people, this little girl will hopefully grow into an adult, the support network that was set up to catch her when she falls is being systematically dismantled.
Ivan’s daddy turned his back on those with disabilities and society’s most vulnerable in his first year in office, funding and subsequently services for disabled people is being slashed.
‘Benefit cheats’ and your view that this little girl receives a level of DLA that her condition does not merit is the rhetoric of the right wing media. Most disabled people MANAGE, benefits don’t meet the actual cost of care, they contribute toward it.
Ivan’s daddy doesn’t actually give a sh!t about the welfare of this little girl or any other disabled person, he chose the option of favouring (w)bankers over the vulnerable.
Sorry, I realise I went way off track there, but your kind of attitude is what this government want all the sheeple of the UK to have, makes it so much easier and less messy to slip their through their heinous and devastating legislation.