tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23011984.post7234222446969010090..comments2023-05-24T10:46:26.458+01:00Comments on Through Myself and Back Again: 'Save Our DLA' Campaign - Some New Ideas and Thoughts...Naomi J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10918322634249814999noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23011984.post-33132450321680910312009-09-18T07:15:15.524+01:002009-09-18T07:15:15.524+01:00Your Blog is excellent....I am an Irish/Mexican Am...Your Blog is excellent....I am an Irish/Mexican American living in Mexico.<br /><br />It is always good to see how other people with disabilities live and deal with their governanceLa Cojahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05234465089947965641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23011984.post-28345029609333586352009-09-07T20:52:38.870+01:002009-09-07T20:52:38.870+01:00Oh my gosh, I will give up if they take my DLA awa...Oh my gosh, I will give up if they take my DLA away. It took me over a year to get it and it has been an absolute Godsend. I have worked hard all my life, I did not ask to have a spinal injury as nobody asks to be disabled. It is bad enough having to watch everyone else leaping around and not to be able to do that anymore without being poverty stricken on top of it. At least with this money coming in I can watch DVDs and buy books cheap over the internet to keep my brain going. I am aghast that they are even considering this. By the time the government sorted out care to everyone who needed it I am sure they would exclude many groups and decide that only 1 or 2 people per million need help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23011984.post-74668606099685524332009-08-22T15:36:49.215+01:002009-08-22T15:36:49.215+01:00'seem them' should read 'see them'...'seem them' should read 'see them'...Naomi J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10918322634249814999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23011984.post-91123663982826277152009-08-22T15:36:23.436+01:002009-08-22T15:36:23.436+01:00Lisa: Absolutely. Once precedents are set, the gov...Lisa: Absolutely. Once precedents are set, the government can do almost anything they like to 'save money'. I can definitely seem them arbitrarily changing the rules on receiving DLA after 65, because "we now have different care arrangements for over-65-year-olds." Like hell they do. Council-run, very poorly-funded, enormous and overcrowded care homes. While they take our homes or savings away to pay for that 'care'.Naomi J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10918322634249814999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23011984.post-73367142638761834272009-08-22T15:30:10.880+01:002009-08-22T15:30:10.880+01:00It's currently the case that if you received D...It's currently the case that if you received DLA under the age of 65, you continue to receive it over the age of 65. There's nothing to stop the government deciding "at 65 we'll transfer people off DLA onto AA. Ooops, AA doesn't exist anymore. Well, that's their tough luck, they're not getting DLA once they turn 65 any longer."Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.com