
honeyquince
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Hi there,
I recently put in an application for DLA and today received in the post an interesting letter.
The letter is from a company called insite and they say that they have been asked by the DWP to "conduct some research into whether DLA helps disabled people and those with serious health conditions who may want to work, to fulfil their aspirations... The research is intended to find out whether DLA affects the way applicants think about work and whether it helps them to return to work or to stay in work. The aim is to identify what the main constraints are to working for DLA claimants and whether improvements can be made to the benefit which will help overcome these difficulties. A further objective is to understand the way in which DLA makes a difference to the lives and finances of disabled people and their families."
Now call me cynical but isn't this just the sort of thing that they were talking about with incapacity benefit. How can a benefit be inproved when the biggest barrier to working is the nature of the disability and the discrimination faced by those with a disability and the public's response to it? I know there may be things around the edges which might make a profound difference to the ability of someone to work - funding for transport may help those with a physical disability for example but this just shrieks of yet another attempt to cut benefits for those with a disability turning it into a version of JSA. Please prove me wrong!
Has anyone come across this research study before and know the background of it?
Cheers,
Honey
I recently put in an application for DLA and today received in the post an interesting letter.
The letter is from a company called insite and they say that they have been asked by the DWP to "conduct some research into whether DLA helps disabled people and those with serious health conditions who may want to work, to fulfil their aspirations... The research is intended to find out whether DLA affects the way applicants think about work and whether it helps them to return to work or to stay in work. The aim is to identify what the main constraints are to working for DLA claimants and whether improvements can be made to the benefit which will help overcome these difficulties. A further objective is to understand the way in which DLA makes a difference to the lives and finances of disabled people and their families."
Now call me cynical but isn't this just the sort of thing that they were talking about with incapacity benefit. How can a benefit be inproved when the biggest barrier to working is the nature of the disability and the discrimination faced by those with a disability and the public's response to it? I know there may be things around the edges which might make a profound difference to the ability of someone to work - funding for transport may help those with a physical disability for example but this just shrieks of yet another attempt to cut benefits for those with a disability turning it into a version of JSA. Please prove me wrong!
Has anyone come across this research study before and know the background of it?
Cheers,
Honey