I live in fear. hich is worse than living disabled, as fear makes it worse.

Please continue fighting for us and I pray so much that you can make them STOP attackingpeople and just leave us with the aboloty to HAVE a life rather than making us feel that life is just too mcuh to deal with in this country of hatred.

Thanks for making me laugh – having a much needed break from trying to write my response and feeling exceedingly tense and stressed, so i needed a laff!

One of the problems for me with the various consultations is how stressed they make me. Aside from the obvious stress and anxiety about how it will effect me, it makes me focus (ad nauseam) on what is “wrong” with me. All the “positive” language in the world, which they claim they are using to focus on what we CAN Do, doesn’t change the fact that my impairments mean there’s an awful lot I can’t do! And it’s what i can’t do that disproportionaly and adversely effects my life and depresses me when I spend too long thinking about.

I spent last night dreaming about not being able to find my wheelchair and my walking stick breaking……..can’t get away from this bloody consultation even when I’m asleep!

First of all, I am considered to be intelligent and have the qualifications to prove it.
Second, I can’t make head nor tail of this consultation.
I really want to contribute but can’t figure out how especially when in pain and completelt exhausted.

I think this consultation should be returned to the government with a petition that it is too impossible for most disabled people to respond. I guess that is their aim. I think they should be reminded of the law that they have to make “suitable adjustments” for the disabled. I think we should send it to the UN Council for disabilities and see if they think this is a suitable way to consult the disabled – most of whom don’t even know it’s even happening.
At a time when most are fighting for their lives with ESA apllications, medicals, appeals, or all the same things for DLA or facing being forced onto work fare programmes, this is too much.

At least put up a petition site so those who want to respond but cannot for whatever reason can let the government know this is a sham exercise and we will let the world know it.

To all those who are responding, big thanks and credit to you all. Will it count just to send an email saying we think they are all a bunch of lying crooks and we ain’t gonna vote for them?

I wasn’t sure what the process was but wanted to take part & ‘do my bit’ for myself & everyone else who will be affected by these changes.

If you did use the PIPHelp tool and you have any queries, contact Ian at info@dlahelpgroup.com

The Spartacus team hasn’t produced a survey like this; what we’ve done is produced an unofficial simplified version of the PIP consultation documents and advised people to email their responses both to the dwp and to us. The only reason we suggest people email copies of their responses to us is just in case the dwp tries to pretend it hasn’t received responses from disabled people which express concern at the proposed criteria.

I hope that makes some sense. If you did a survey, it wasn’t a Spartacus survey!

I completed the survey & could have sworn it says on there that it gets emailed to my email address where I can edit it should I want to but then I should email it to the govt address.

I haven’t got a copy of what I put in the survey but I want to do my bit…..Should I have had an email automatically or is it something that takes time to send?

Aarghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh please does this make any sense to anyone?