Home
Kieran Lamb's Library tagged → View Popular
Mother-of-12 who swindled £52,000 in benefits by claiming her healthy children were disabled walks free from court - Daily Mail 28th October 2009
"A mother-of-12 who claimed her healthy children were disabled to extract more than £52,000 in state benefits walked free from court today.
Marrie Freeman, 42, claimed nine of her children and a fictitious daughter were disabled to obtain tax credits."
Wirral youngsters get help to plan their futures - Wirral Globe 27th October 2009
"YOUNG people from Wirral with learning difficulties and disabilities have attended an event designed to help them plan for their futures.
'Your Future Your Choice' gave young people leaving school, parents and carers the advice they needed to plan their next steps into further education, training and employment. "
Melissa Viney asks if the new benefit testing penalise genuinely ill people - The Guardian 28th October 2009
"Critics of new medical tests aimed at getting claimants off benefits and into work say they are target-driven measures that penalise genuinely ill people."
Burnham rules out plan to scrap disability benefit - The Guardian 22nd October 2009
"Health secretary admits there is still age discrimination in the NHS"
The heartbreaking moment Camilla met Afghanistan veteran, 18, who lost three limbs in bomb explosion - Daily Mail 23rd October 2009
"He's only 18 and yet his courage in the face of devastating injury has daunted and inspired all who have been in his company.
Craig Wood lost his left arm and both legs to a bomb in Afghanistan and is now one of only three triple amputees to have survived the war. "
Grant help for disabled Wirral children - Liverpool Echo 23rd October 2009
"WIRRAL children with disabilities are to be given short breaks away thanks to new grant funding.
Aiming High for Disabled Children is offering grants to help groups and organisations start or improve schemes that increase the amount and range of activities available to young people with disabilities."
The robot guiding Tom's writing - BBC Health News 16th October 2009
"Tom Powis has trouble writing, fastening buttons and tying shoelaces.
The youngest of triplets, 11-year-old Tom's fine motor skills lag behind those of siblings Olly and Jack.
Despite the fact that he is academically above average, his handwriting problems mean he is often wrongly placed in a lower ability group. "
Adult autism sufferers 'cast adrift' - Daily Telegraph 15th October 2009
"Autism sufferers are being "cast adrift" when they become adults because of a lack of knowledge and awareness among health and social care staff, MPs have said. "
British scientists develop 'brain to brain communication' - Daily Telegraph 15th October 2009
"A system that creates “brain to brain communication” has been developed by British scientists, it has been claimed. "
Who cares for Cumbria's carers? - Carlisle News & Star 14th October 2009
"Thirteen years ago, when Lisa Farmer became a parent for the second time, her life changed forever.
The birth of her second child Sarah was a blessing for her and her husband Marc, a software engineer at Sellafield.
Adults with autism 'cast adrift' - BBC Health News 14th October 2009
"Adults with autism in England are often not being diagnosed or supported properly, MPs say.
The Commons' Public Accounts Committee said the lack of understanding about the condition among GPs and social care staff was a key problem. "
A life transformed by Tourette's - BBC Health News 14th October 2009
"Former nightclub bouncer Paul Stevenson was busying himself as a stay-at-home dad when Tourette syndrome turned his life upside down at age 46.
Until the start of this year he had shown no signs of the expletive-laden and often "bizarre" outbursts which now form a constant part of his daily routine. "
Just one in 20 sickness benefit applicant 'permanently unable to work' - Daily Telegraph 14th October 2009
"Just one in 20 people applying for disability benefit are permanently unable to work, according to official statistics. "
Just one in six incapacity benefit claimants 'is genuine' as tough new test reveals TWO MILLION could be cheating - Daily Mail 14th October 2009
"The scale of Britain’s sicknote culture was laid bare last night as it emerged that only one in six adults claiming incapacity benefit may be entitled to do so.
Figures suggest that only around 400,000 men and women out of the 2.6million who claim the handouts are too sick too work. "
Autistic jobseekers 'written off' - BBC Health News 13th October 2009
"People with autism are condemned to financial hardship by poor employment and benefits support, a charity says.
The National Autistic Society (NAS) is calling for a national strategy to help people with autism into work. "
People with autism 'condemnded to poverty' - The Independent 12th October 2009
"Fewer than one in six people with autism are in full-time employment and a third live without a job or benefits, the National Autistic Society says.
In a report, the charity accuses the Government of condemning people with autism to a life of poverty. "
Russia's disabled suffer neglect and abuse - BBC Health News 10th October 2009
"The BBC has obtained shocking evidence of the abuse and prejudice which campaigners say is widespread against the estimated 13 million people with disabilities in Russia.
Many are like prisoners inside their own homes, unable to go outside because of the lack of basic facilities in the towns and cities, while tens of thousands of children with disabilities go without any education. "
No place like home for treatment - BBC Health News 10th October 2009
"Like most patients, William Hutcheson does not like being in hospital.
But after a fall he was left a paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair, which makes him more susceptible to bouts of infected pressure sores. "
Inquiry launched after Cumbria social worker urges police to arrest disabled man - Cumberland News 9th October 2009
"A social worker advised care workers who were trying to calm down a distressed autistic man with the mental age of a toddler to have him arrested.
But the police officers called out by 49-year-old Ian Air’s carers refused."
Your daughter is not disabled enough: Mother's fury as 10-year-old with prosthetic leg suffers benefits penalty for trying to be normal - Daily Mail 10th October 2009
"For ten-year-old Devon Taverner, overcoming adversity is a way of life as she fights to be just another normal little girl.
But all her bravery in dealing with being born with a severely disabled leg could not prepare her for the cruellest of blows delivered by benefits bureaucrats. "
Selected Tags
Related Tags
Sponsored Links
Top Contributors
Groups interested in Disabili...
Diigo is about better ways to research, share and collaborate on information. Learn more »
Join Diigo