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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE
So they say, sorry I don't buy it.
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This proposed change, which may mean DLA and AA are paid under a different name, isn't just about the centralising of financial benefits available to the disabled and sick.
All services, such as the relevant social services, physiotherapy therapy, speech therapy etc, will be easier to access because they are all under one 'care umberella', which they aren't at the moment, and many people don't know what care and benefits they are entitled to.
I don't class myself as being too dim, but for over two years I struggled finding out what was available to me to carry on living independently. Without help from my family I couldn't have carried on living by myself, both financially and practically.
If someone as pro-active as myself struggles to access what I'm entitled to, because the current system is so fragmented and complicated, what chance as anyone who isn't well enough to get what should be their's as a right?
Anything that means all these services and benefits are the responsibilty of one body can only be a good thing.