Half price therapies for carers
Published Thursday 12th January 2012
Carers and family members who provide care are being offered half price therapies.
As a parent of three disabled children, I know even going to work can be respite. We want the support to lead ordinary lives
Lady Pitkeathley once voiced the carers’ paradox – that they feel obliged to care but not to be cared for. Everyone needs a break, don’t they: but who takes over care for the carer when the carer’s not there?
The UK Government has been accused of deliberately concealing the extent of opposition to reform of a key disability benefit.
The Responsible Reform report has been backed by major disability charities but was entirely researched, written and funded by disabled people, led by a prominent blogger.
Collaborating using websites such as Twitter and Facebook, the team analysed more than 500 responses to the consultation on the future of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) after requesting them under the Freedom of Information Act.
