women with visible and invisible disabilities
“There is a huge problem with benefits causing crises in women with mental health problems. It all started with the new ESA forms and has now been compounded by the PIP fiasco with many women being driven into panic by being denied benefits and then having to face long processes of challenge leading to tribunals … Read more
Watch videos from this Global Women’s Strike Conference held in November 2015. Three women from our network spoke: Nicole Als, a disabled mum Claire Glasman, WinVisible Gill Thompson, campaigner for justice against benefit sanctions
Natasha Cox “petrified” by care bill A WOMAN with severe brain damage and epilepsy has been ordered to repay hundreds of pounds of care payments after Town Hall officials criticised her for spending some of the money on coffee and cleaning. Natasha Cox, a former Hampstead School student who lives in Hampstead, says she is … Read more
Disabled woman loses 48 hours’ support Save the Independent Living Fund ILF Users Speak Out
My experience of the psychiatric system – an immigrant mother speaks out ”The reason why I can’t stand up, is because I don’t feel well enough. I’ve been in a mental hospital for the past seven to eight months and I just came out two weeks ago. I just wanted to say something about … Read more
Tackling discrimination at work – my story I was looking for a suitable office job for quite a while, paying a reasonable wage. Finally, I found a job. I was very confident and comfortable because I knew that the Access to Work (ATW) scheme would help me adjust to my new job — Access to … Read more