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Deaf News: Charity Sense expresses deep concern over documentary revealing behaviour of PIP assessors

April 12, 2016 by

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The charity Sense, which represents Deafblind people, has responded to the Channel 4 programme Dispatches that aired last night,  investigating the planned […]

Tamsin Coates: Why filling in the Disability Living Allowance form has me reaching for a drink

August 19, 2013 by

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I belong to a secret society of drinkers. It is an elite club and one I have belonged to since […]

Meet: Bethany Eason, the deaf teenager who was interviewed on Channel 4 News last night

April 4, 2013 by

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Meet Bethany Eason: she’s 15 years old and yesterday she appeared on Channel 4 News to tell the world in no […]

Ian Noon: The battle’s lost on welfare cuts for deaf people

March 7, 2013 by

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The Department for Work and Pensions’ have succeeded in their plans to replace Disability Living Allowance with a new benefit […]

Luke Blackburn: Losing my DLA

June 29, 2012 by

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So… Disability Living Allowance? Seems to be a piece of cake just getting it, no? I, myself, was once the […]

Ian Noon: Is the Government telling deaf people to PIP off on disability benefits?

February 28, 2012 by

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It took me a while but I finally read through the Department for Work and Pension’s consultation on the eligibility […]