Nigel, you’re confusing me with someone who gives a fuck.
No, I was responding to tbaldwin who is under the impression that my disability is not a barrier to my finding work, whether it is paid or voluntary. The fact is, I’m not looking for work or training; as I find life difficult enough coping with chronic pain, fatigue and a plethora of other disabilities.
I don’t live in poverty. My physical health is relatively good, despite the impact of disabilities; as is my mental health, despite bouts of mild depression. I’m not lonely; nor in any way socially excluded. Therefore, I do not fit the bill of poverty stricken disabled person excluded from society.
If I was compelled to work or undertake training; I would within a very short period become both impoverished and socially excluded. First, I’d lose my job quickly – as, no employer would be able to take on someone with such an erratic condition. If I’m dismissed for bad timekeeping; I’ll be viewed as contributing to my own dismissal by the DWP, and will not qualify for benefits. This would have a knock-on effect with my care plan; and, I could lose my PAs. If this happened; my situation would decline rapidly.
If I can’t get out of bed; the bed becomes my toilet. I won’t be able to shower or dress. I couldn’t get to the ships to buy food; but then, I wouldn’t need to, as I wouldn’t be able to cook what I purchased, if I did get to the shops.
By this time, warning letters from the Council, gas, electric, telephone, etc would all be mounting up in the post box outside my front door; the one I couldn’t access. Before long Barry bailiff (probably one of your pals Nigel; if not you yourself – cos, you come across as a bailiffy kinda cunt) would be forcing entry into my flat – the good thing would be, they’d be throwing-up their breakfasts when my perfume hits their olfactory senses.
By then, I’d be homeless, sick, destitute and by any recognisable definition of the term, pretty much socially excluded. But, it will have been worth it in order to prove to the authorities I wasn’t malingering.