Thread by @BlokeOnWheels

Honestly, I know it's not due to happen until 2026, but we've got to find a way to stop or at least change the reform to #DisabilityBenefits. Under the new plan,Everybody will be effectively subject to the sanctions regime on the whim of a work coach with a target! 1

It won't matter how badly your disability affects you and your day-to-day life, if they want to sanction you for not doing the impossible, they will and they will be legally entitled to. Again, I'm not trying to scare people I'm just stating the policy and why it's so evil. 2

Perhaps the worst part is that the White Paper states the point about work coaches deciding fitness for work in such flowery and dence language is to try and make it sound as if they're helping us. They are not this is a direct attack on people who can't work....3

Not because we don't want to, but because we physically can't do it. They keep telling us that 'security will be provided for those for whom work is not a realistic option'. How? How will they do this? It seems to me like it will all depend on the personality of one's...4

Individual work coach. If you get an empathetic one, you'll be fine! If not, prepare for hell.
Also, if even those who are currently deemed as having LCWRA are expected to regularly meet with work coaches to see if our conditions have improved, do they really expect...5

Mam and dad to have to take me on the park-and-ride to the local job centre every week just to confirm that my cerebral palsy is still fully present? Again, I may sound daft but I'm just extrapolating the consequences as they could be based on the current policy proposal. 6

I know I really should stop worrying, but this is going to impact my life massively if it does come to fruition and so it's difficult not to be concerned, especially as I overthink things anyway. One thing we do have is time to say that this isn't good enough! We need better! 7