My ESA is now £19 a week | yetanotherlefty
You’re reading that correctly. The DWP has decided to give me just £19 a week to live off. Yes, sure I still ge the PIP that I have been living off – but that’s money for my extra…| yetanotherlefty
I don’t get asked this very often but when I do it’s always in a whisper and with a concerned look: “Do they know you’re… y’know?” I’ve briefly mentioned a Muslim friend of mine or my Muslim neighbours or colleagues. … Continue reading →| yetanotherlefty
My quest to get a new and actually usable wheelchair from the NHS failed – they wanted to give me another big, heavy chair that I couldn’t use independently. If I’d taken that chair, I’d still be unable to go … Continue reading →| yetanotherlefty
Writing is hard. Partly because my fibromyalgia steals the physical energy to type and makes typing physically painful. Partly because the tiredness makes my brain struggle to form sentences and paragraphs. Mainly though? The problem is that I’m afraid of … Continue reading →| yetanotherlefty
It’s been a while since my last post “Shame” and I wish I could say that everything is now fine. But I can’t, it’s not and my shame is still there and still hard and it’s christalising into anger. I … Continue reading →| yetanotherlefty
I carry a lot of shame around with me. I suspect a lot of other disabled people do too. Whenever I’ve tried to talk to someone – especially mental health professionals – about the feelings of shame, they try to … Continue reading →| yetanotherlefty
I know I’ve talked about Gender Recognition before. Read this by D H Kelly or any of my many previous posts on the topic to get an idea of how difficult and expensive and transphobic the current system is. There’s … Continue reading →| yetanotherlefty
Hello readers, Depression is eating posts again so here’s a short round up of what I’m up to. Firstly, for my #DWPDiary, I got my PIP award. They’ve massively underestimated how my disability affects me (and contradicted reports from my … Continue reading →| yetanotherlefty
Just for my DWP diary, I will quickly note that I had another PIP Assessment two or three weeks ago. The actual appointment was far less awful than I was expecting (though whether or not the report they make from … Continue reading →| yetanotherlefty
You’re reading that correctly. The DWP has decided to give me just £19 a week to live off. Yes, sure I still ge the PIP that I have been living off – but that’s money for my extra…| yetanotherlefty
I’ve been working on this for a couple of months but it can be for Blogging Against Disablism Day 2017 I’m disabled. So are both my partners. And most of my siblings. And 85+% of my fri…| yetanotherlefty
