Category Archives: disability

Don’t take away the DLA

March 20, 2011   disability, family, health

A campaigning action group’s film highlighting government plans to remove the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance

Carers and the disabled are worried sick about this. Please take a look at this moving video and reconsider.

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She didn’t mean to get MS

March 20, 2011   disability, health, Multiple Sclerosis

SHE DIDN’T MEAN IT

She didn’t mean to spill that drink
She didn’t mean to choke on it
It doesn’t matter what you think
Compared to yours her life’s just sh**
She didn’t mean to wet the bed
The signals just don’t reach her head
She didn’t mean to get annoyed with you
With her MS you’d be annoyed too
If you ever think YOUR life’s a mess
REMEMBER
SHE DIDN’T MEAN TO GET MS.

Author A Carer

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Careline is a lifeline for West Sussex residents

March 20, 2011   charities, disability, health, Older care

Call centres are normally the last places you want to hear from.

But there is a different kind of call centre in Chichester that has been acting as special link to help people in need for more than 20 years.

Careline has been providing reassurance and emergency assistance for vulnerable people around the district through its various initiatives, such as fall detectors, pull cords, and many more.

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