women with visible and invisible disabilities
Here is the Disability News Service report on evidence from disability organisations to the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee inquiry on the impact of COVID-19 measures. There are a lot of shared concerns. Coronavirus: MPs hear of disabled people’s struggle to survive pandemic By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Disabled people have described how they … Read more
WinVisible has sent our group testimony to the Women and Equalities Select Committee of MPs urgently looking into the impact of the Coronavirus measures on discriminated groups. Women in our group and network contributed their experiences. We say: “The reality for disabled women, the majority of disabled people, is that the measures against Coronavirus are threatening … Read more
Many older and disabled people are being pressured to sign Do Not Resuscitate forms, and many frightened of going to hospital as official NICE and BMA guidelines state that we can be deprioritised for medical attention, intensive care and denied ventilators. Thanks to our friends at Disabled People Against Cuts for putting together a template … Read more
People may know already that disability benefit reassessments and reviews are on now hold because of coronavirus precautions. So if your disability benefit was due to end or be reviewed, it will continue to be paid for the next three months or longer. As far as we understand from official information, people making completely new … Read more
The disability organisation Inclusion London is warning us that the Coronavirus Bill being debated this Monday 23 March would enable local government to withdraw services from disabled and older people. This breaks with any government responsibility for our survival and would put our lives at risk. Other powers would affect disabled children and mentally distressed … Read more
Shared from the Guardian Benefits assessment suspension does not go far enough, says charity Efforts to fight coronavirus not sufficient to protect vulnerable, according to Mind Patrick Butler Social policy editor Mon 16 Mar 2020 ‘The mental health charity Mind has said the government’s suspension of face-to-face benefit assessments as part of efforts to fight coronavirus … Read more
STOP PRESS The DWP has just announced that they are suspending face-to-face interviews for ESA, PIP and Universal Credit. See here Info for new claimants and people affected by the Coronavirus see here Previous info: From the i newspaper, the temporary benefit changes announced in the Budget 2020 by the Chancellor about sick pay, hardship … Read more