I am sharing an article that I have read on the BBC website, written by Adriana Elgueta from BBC News. I am taking no credit at all for this article but I feel it is important to share this important piece of news with my readers. To read the original article by Adriana Elgueta, simply […]
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The time has come to try to make a real difference to the lives of disabled people across Wales. I have been tirelessly trying to do this since I launched my #SaveWILG campaign back in November 2016 . This campaign was a relative success, but it appears that the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG) has
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The following blog has been written and published by John Pring on the excellent Disability News Service website. The amount of support that I have received is overwhelming and I really appreciate all the solidarity shown. I have just been contacted by John Pring who said that the BBC are now interested in covering the
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I am writing the following blog in a very careful manner. I just want to relay the facts and the injustice, as I see it, being served to me by the Adult Social Care department at Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC). In 2022, I expressed an interest in taking a short break to Florida. This
It is my birthday today (February 12th). Somehow I have reached 45 years of age, which is significant for many reasons. The majority of my readers will realise that I live with a progressive, genetic disease of the nervous system known as Friedreich’s Ataxia. The median age of death for those of us with this
I have no other option but to publish the following open letter, as I try to create and maintain the adequate level of support that I need to help me live the independent life I deserve. I have been worrying about issues surrounding independent living ever since the coalition government was elected back in 2010
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Unbelievably, I am writing an update for the #SaveWILG campaign – something that I have been working on since November 2016. After highlighting the campaign on national television, newspapers, radio and across social media, I was delighted when the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services visited my comrades and I back in February 2019,
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I can’t believe we are already in the last month of 2020. The year has just flown by, probably due to the fact that nobody has had anything to look forward to except further frustration. Unbelievably, I am in the same situation that I was this time last year, and the year before that, and
The #SaveWILG campaign seems to be back in full swing, although I can’t make much public comment at this precise moment. I can let you know that the Petitions Committee at the Assembly will be discussing my petition at their next meeting on Tuesday 10th of March at 09:15. I will be sure to keep
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The following article was taken from the Luke Clements site and was written by Ann James. *** February 18, 2020 The Deputy Minister’s update statement on the Welsh Independent Living Grant[1] (WILG) is particularly welcome because it acknowledges the risk to the independence, choice and control of disabled people in Wales unless the Welsh Government enables
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