Disabled People will be turned into prisoners

  

PRESS RELEASE Disabled People Against Cuts say Maria Miller the minister for disabled people and the coalition government are betraying the 80,000 disabled people living in residential care homes who will lose their entitlement to the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance in 2013 when it is abolished and replaced by PIP  the Personal Independence Payment. Disabled people living in residential homes will be treated like criminals and deprived of the opportunity to leave their homes and go out into the community or even in many cases to maintain contact with their families. In the 21st century such a move is disgraceful and unacceptable.  Residents in care homes will now face a drop in their incomes of 66% leaving them only £22 a week for all their extra costs such as the cost of toiletries, clothing, outings, travel, and other essential items. Not only has this cut been sneaked in through the back door while the government promised it would research the impact of this vicious cut further but it totally ignores disabled people’s human rights guaranteed by the UNCRPD which was ratified by the UK government less than 12 months ago. A disabled resident of such a care home who has asked not to be named said “ we already pay the charity who run this home 60 p a mile to be driven anywhere by a volunteer driver but if we lose the mobility component we won’t even be able to afford that.” ENDS   Contact – Linda Burnip 0771 492 7533/ 01926 842253 Eleanor Lisney  -07737480378   UNCRPD Article 9 – Accessibility Article 20- personal mobility Article 28 – An adequate standard of living and social protection. ECHR – a right to family life.

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