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@Category_Fury We considered it uncouth and derogatory to use even back in the 90's. I've no idea why it's popped back into use.

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@GHMansfield People don't understand how many dropped kerbs are still improperly designed too. I've had the "you shouldn't be out on your own" if I have had to use the roadway to clear an obstruction on a mobility scooter. Despite being legally entitled to do so and the roadway being empty.

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@KityLonglegs I don't think cohabitation is right for everyone. I don't think that it should be a requisite goal in relationships either. Living separately, Partners can still enjoy a relationship while keeping their own time and space. In many ways, it would make time together more special.

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@amylorrainelong @anandalima It happened to Mum and me over 30 years ago. The things they would write about a Mother's concerns, I'm sure my notes are quite mild compared to some though! Mum had to fight for a second opinion, those three lines on paper got me the vital support concessions and physiotherapy.

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@sturdyAlex You would really need a Community Pharmacist who was practicing in 1995 to comment. Supervised Dispensary work was not as certification-based as it is now. It may not have been quite within the regulations though?

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@ADHDForReal It can be frustrating. When you realise how much of a struggle, those prior aspects of your life were. Often, just for want of sufficient Dopamine. It's absolutely alright to feel a bit melancholic about it sometimes. *Especially* in the early phases of titration and ongoing

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@ItsEmilyKaty I had a similar experience with Dyspraxia and (undiagnosed) ADHD. Reading was a wondrous pleasure. I could "decode" (read) with complete ease. I enjoyed the "Library Assistant Training Scheme" as it was called back then whilst at Secondary School. I think it's the "Pupil Library

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@DarloSince1883 @clairebubblepop Until mandatory two factor authentication requires an active mobile number. SMS for now, 2FA mobile apps are being pushed as a replacement. Eventually will be compulsory. The cheapest sub-£50 phones usually are smartphones to a degree anyway.

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@swastrosarah I'm very sorry to hear about what you are going through. It would be nice to think nearly 20 years on from Sophia Mirza, the medical establishment had improved its handling & care of #VerySevereME patients nationwide. Unfortunately, this hasn't happened.

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@ChristiCaldwell I've never understood it either. In the UK, children's library cards are generally different in terms of loan and fee concessions. Children, people with Disabilities or health issues, etc. won't be charged for interlibrary loans, for example.

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@naomicfisher This is getting beyond a joke. It needs legal advice really. If the Academy wishes to enforce such stringent and potentially misleading agreements; it should be audited for statutory rights breaches. There is legislation governing unfair and misleading contract terms. My state

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@SC0NSTI0 @stilloranged Before that, it was Encarta.

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@GHMansfield Despite the obvious invalidation of Disabled people's right to independent spontaneous mobility, where exactly do these people think the magic "assistance people" or the money to fund them comes from?

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@philjame5 @NotSch0151 @carbdiem That doesn't appear to be the same house?

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@amylorrainelong @anandalima *The third image is from the second opinion about 18 months later. With a far less conceited Paediatrician.

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@Sorrelish The Selenium photocell on those is unfortunately prone to failing. If it still works then, great! My go to all-mechanical wonder was the Pentax K1000. Has everything you need in a SLR with absolutely no frills. Solidly built perfection.

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@MrBoothY6 I'm not sure if you still do relay races with those smooth metal batons? Anti-slip grip fabric of some kind taped to the baton? I speak from Dyspraxic experience every Primary sports day. They always slipped out of my hand.

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@IntNostalgia This one! It's technically available as a taskbar alternative in some newer versions of Windows (Custom Setup.)

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@MichaelRosenYes Fortified wine sold in pharmacies was popular with the old soaks who couldn't wait for the pubs due to licensing hours.

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@BarnabyEJ @BBCDragonsDen You don't see this quackery so much now with Cancer for example. The Cancer Act 1939 is always an enforcement tool in the regulators' toolbox. I am surprised the lawyers let this one through to broadcast though. How long ago was it filmed and did it get properly legally reviewed?

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@adamfare1996 @MaxW391 Sometimes, assistive technology becomes the mainstream instead. The Electric toothbrush was one example of this. I do accept that the standard design isn't usable by all people with Disabilities, of course.

8 Everyday Items Originally Invented for People With Disabilities

Many items enjoyed by people of all abilities were originally designed to help people with disabilities. Here are some inventions you may use every day that were originally for the disabled community.

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@ahandvanish Funny thing is, I got POTS in Ye Olde pre-covid times. Beta blockers were absolutely useless, yet nicotine has been a great help alongside electrolyte management. I'm just glad other people are benefiting too! I know how awful POTS can be before you know how to mitigate it.

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@Redpeter99 I was in school 30 years ago with undiagnosed ADHD! @Jayde8700 probably wouldn't have known about the quiet inattention subtype then. We had hyperactive kids, peanut allergies, a few obese kids, and some on the "Autism spectrum." Although those with more complex needs were often

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@ShumBaloo @TycjanC @naomicfisher We already have functional Mathematics courses. Entirely useless if, you have a SEND neurological block re mental arithmetic. There is no "trying harder" to overcome that. The brain isn't wired to perform those calculations reliably in such cases.

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@WomanDefiner @Category_Fury Oh, I remember the 90's quite well thank you. It may have been occasionally used in casual conversation albeit discouraged. Any person using it directly at someone in public presence would have been rightly condemmed. I accept that, my communities general civility standards might

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@SamanthaRenke Please be very careful with exercise. Post-exertional malaise can really knock you back. Kitchen sink range of blood tests if your GP will order them? It might possibly show something that is interfering. Serum vitamin ranges are rarely done concisely, especially B12 and D. You

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@seige_of @acrossthesevern @FrDidymus That is not correct. I knew several people in my school year who, quite rightly received amended grades after an appeal to the examinations board. For exams taken in the June 2004 series! The examiner hadn't properly followed the mark-scheme.

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@charlescross01 @schooltruth Bow hunting (including culling) is illegal. Farmers and gamekeepers use rifles and humane dispatch pistols mainly. Crossbow shooting is a legitimate sport. The practice of sport is a human right, according to the IOC et al. Sport often also requires ownership of equipment and

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@ZoeParamour @miss_mcinerney £2.60 for a quality Conserve too! That feels like a bargain in the current economy.

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@halfironmum Some sort of secure chat messenging application built into the Medical platforms. A bit like a 21st Century textphone service?

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@JamesMelville I routinely ate meals with them whilst growing up. They are still in use with family members today.

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@adamfare1996 They never seem to follow it through. It is about reducing a barrier to a function or activity that doesn't exist for them. They also often fail to realise that making it "possible" does not always mean it isn't difficult for us.

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@Missymusician81 Please don't think that Cate. There are likely to be a number of your former Students who realised they could succeed simply by seeing you as their Teacher. It may have been the only reason they didn't give up, despite the challenges quirky misfits often face in the Education

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@TomKindlon I wonder if we will see the same sort of defamatory of trial critics as we saw with PACE? The playbook is getting a bit old by this point, establishment figures spewing character assainations without the deterrence of legal recourse against them. Every

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@Karolina_Kalisz @Shrink_at_Large We shouldn't budge an inch on choice, flexibility and independence. If a person has met the very onerous criteria to be awarded PIP, they should be free to spend it however they choose. The system has always been a cash allowance for this reason.

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@DrFrancesRyan If we end up getting more of this "vouchers" nonsense, it may be worth pointing people back to the genesis of the current DLA/PIP cash allowance system. Both sides of the house could acknowledge the previous systems were not working and exclusionary.

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@profprofMFL My MFL attainment stalled at around year 7-8 level and showed no sign of improvement. I had essentially wasted years 9 to 11 in an exercise of continously repeating failure. Whilst, being constantly chided to "try harder." I decided to spend my MFL revision timeslots on more

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@johnpringdns "And there is no *explicit promise* to co-produce disability-related policy with disabled people and their organisations, likely to be seen by many activists as a betrayal after years of promises that a Labour government would “work in co-production with disabled people in

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@GyllKing Not qualifying for the minimum guarantee pension credit has other problems; you don't get help with NHS optical prescription and dental treatment costs, for example. I would have thought that would be rather important for a lot of people at that time of life.

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@yuge53 @RachelCDailey We are well aware of the State-approved false narrative concerning benefit fraud. We don't need you to further propagate it here Eugene. Benefit fraud on grounds of Disabillity is statistically almost non-existent according the the DWP's own figures:

Fraud and error in the benefit system Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2023

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@anon_opin How would you handle "Assisted Collections" under such a scheme?

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@realRetroPC "Nokia style" tower case, Completely mismatched drive bay facias and prepherials purchased by cost, Heavy CRT monitor. Yep, stick an AthlonXP "Barton" or Athlon64 "Clawhammer" in there and you have my system for the time period.

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@stomababe Accessible queueing needs to be more widespread too. RADAR key toilet locks need to be checked nationwide for faulty installation and function. So they work properly when used.

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@ShumBaloo @TycjanC @naomicfisher Therefore, it should not be offered as the only reasonable adjustment for access to higher education. Or, Employment where substantive mental arithmetic is not actually required. I've taken the GCSE Maths three times. Mastered Trig, quadratics and Calculus etc. Always failed the

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@ranghad_ @InternetH0F Private car parks will normally be closed out of hours. That isn't the point. "Daniel Lawson" is operating under the belief that the only reason Disabled people should be out in public at all is to access businesses and services that operate only during traditional working hours.

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@AndrewW71128479 @premnsikka We got to watch the 1971 TV adaptation with Robert Powell (of Doomwatch fame.) It's rather bleak in parts as it should be! It has been etched in my mind like the "Fried egg sandwich scene " from Withnail and I! @BBSEnglishDept

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@ChristiCaldwell The only "Restricted Readers' Ticket" I know of relates to county archives. In order to have surety for handling rare books and newspapers that could be several hundred years old, I had to register in order to personally handle a letter my great-grandfather had written in 1935 to

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@clairebubblepop I went through the standard school screening checks in the 90s-00s too. It's also surprising that a number of people cannot understand the disconnect between parental teaching and proper child absorption of a practice.

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@adamfare1996 It's nothing new either. It was part of the child health screening in the 90s. I had the blue plaque staining check in year 2 of Primary School. Basic optical and dental screening checks continued throughout Primary and Secondary School.

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@Fae_with_an_a @bristol_pip @DrSextonGreen Welcome to the "half-diagnosed as a child club!" I'm afraid the membership benefits are somewhat lacking. Yes, "ADHD only affects boys" still persists in some quarters. Along with the presumption that it goes away in adults, or the ignorance of the inattention subtype existing.

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@danidonovan From my own school reports: "Very bright, exceptionally well behaved but quiet." "Rarely participates in class discussions." "Unfortunately, his coursework marks do not reflect his ability." etc etc. Which, didn't reflect the general understanding of ADHD back then. The

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@ObsoleteSony Ahh yes, the "squidgy" PlayStation! It's a lot of luggable gaming power if you got a carry case and LCD screen. A later refresh in the system's life, not a bad idea with more affordable "Platinum" editions and second hand games on the market.

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@KayleyHignell The "Permitted work" system under Incapacity Benefit, Income Support, or ESA had good potential. It gave protection to those able to do some sort of work. It acknowledged that those claimants would likely never be able to engage in conventional employment.

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@DrFrancesRyan If we end up getting more of this "vouchers" nonsense, it may be worth pointing people back to the genesis of the current DLA/PIP cash allowance system. Both sides of the house could acknowledge the previous systems were not working and exclusionary.

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@jamesrbuk Was it the fragrant smell of the Linden trees?

That Mitchell and Webb Look - Smell Off Linden Trees

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@johnpringdns Fortunately, it hasn't really happened to me for a while. But then again I will be emerging out more often with my own conveyance soon. Last time (2018) it was another badge holder as she couldn't see the badge until alongside me. Thankfully, we had a good chat about my blue

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@DrFrancesRyan My goodness, this is not the Tempest Photography I remember. But those were the film photography days, before digital and online galleries were implemented by the firm. Whether management are aware of what is going on day by their staff, There is a demand that fed into this. We

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@ShouldHaveCat I suspect their hind paws are a little warmer than Tierra del Fuego though!

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@Dr_BellaR Looks a bit like Heterochromia too. Unless the lighting is strange? Either way an odd image...

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@ProudlyPastoral Apparently, the correlation between a deprived upbringing and having special educational needs and/or Disabilities is completely overlooked.

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@bronco7870 @GHMansfield Not in my country (the UK). Additionally, both spellings appear to be valid in the United States.

kerb

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@DGlaucomflecken I can highly recommend trying as many variants of regional Sausage you can find. There is always the fantastic sausage dish too:

Toad in the hole - Wikipedia

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Good luck to the GCSE students of 2024 in your results later today! If somehow, you are already awake. Feel free to pass the time by looking at the confusing mess I was presented with in 2004. #GCSE #gcseresultsday #gcseresultsday2024 #GCSEResults

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@johnpringdns @stephenctimms @Debbie_abrahams @leicesterliz @DeathsByWelfare I have a sinking feeling that this report is stage one in floating an idea to introduce a modified "work-related activity" or "work and health coaching" to the ESA support group. Potentially disastrous for all involved.

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@social_parasite @adamfare1996 The email address for typed digital form submissions (reasonable adjustment) has changed three times this year already. The attachment size limit is also undisclosed. You have to use a lot of compression just to send the relevant reports in with the claim form.

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@KynarethNoBaka @adamfare1996 Post-19th-century economics tends to be poorly understood on average, unfortunately. Trying to explain the differences between a "currency creator" and "currency users" is often difficult enough.

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@cheepie @sturdyAlex Interesting, do you know if there was a minimum age to work under the supervision of a Pharmacist back then?

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@ObsoleteSony I wonder how many discreet IC's and Microprocessors it had in a fully-equipped stack back then?

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@halfironmum DWP's PIP "reasonable adjustments" comms has a similar problem. Every letter and form goes by unsecured email until it reaches their servers. I wasn't too happy sending sensitive medical information this way but didn't have much of a choice. DWP do apparently use public/private

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@ADHDForReal Very much so, I've switched to written (including instant) communication wherever possible. It makes it far easier to get something done. I also don't zone out while waiting on hold, unlike with the customer support phone lines.

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@CurlyMan66 @miss_mcinerney @BrexitResist I've tended to offer to pay a bit more when I discover a silk tie amist the sea of Polyester. Good find though!

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@StrayCatAgain @Lucy_Webster_ ESA and certain components of Universal Credit are "out-of-work" benefits paid due to inability to work as a result of illness and/or impairment arrising from a Disability. This is a general substitution of income from employment. Receipt of ESA or UC does not automatically

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@premnsikka To be fair, my English teacher wasn't a fan of Dickens either as: She found his writings to be far too Saccharine. Instead we got Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure." Dickensian happy endings in the nick of time were not on the cards! We got a far greater critique of the 19th

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@Danwhite1972 Reminds me of the fallout from the 2007 PACE trial results. It is typical of media management to exaggerate claims of trolling whenever an establishment or establishment-favoured figure comes under public criticism. Those offering such critiques can then be handwaved away as

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@RiskyDrivers I've never had any issues with cyclists in "shared spaces" when I've been a Mobility Scooter user. I've been on the receiving end of similar abuse from drivers and, I find it mortifying both as a somewhat similar road user and, a former car owner. It's utterly unacceptable.

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@Lenovo Black electrical insulation tape, unfortunately my laptop manufacturer hasn't quite got with the times yet!

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@ItsEmilyKaty Having a preference for text comms (email or messaging portal etc) over telephone calls. Being asked introspective questions about my symptoms, especially on the spot over the phone! I need time to formulate an accurate and concise answer.

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@Hopkins_Alison @Channel4News The late computing journalist and industry expert, Guy Kewney, gave a very frank, informed, and moderate interview on the subject in late 1997. I recommend people watch it to get a flavour of what the public and private IT sectors were going through:

Guy Kewney interviewed in December 1997

Guy Kewney interviewed by me just before Christmas 1997.Here Guy talks about Y2K, Intel, The Alpha chip, Windows '98 and NT 5.0Nowadays, all this seems very ...

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@Naomi_D_Harvey That's very interesting, I have been taking additional Hydroxocobalamin B12 via IM administration for several years now. ME, autoimmune conditions including Pernicious Anaemia in family history. Would be nice if the NHS would script it for ME & LC etc! It's pricey to get

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@adamfare1996 Contributory-based benefits were introduced because so few people were willing to endure the social stigma of the "means test." Or physically able to comply with it. It was to soothe the "paid all my taxes/NI" brigade not to show the "means-tested" as undeserving when they were

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@spoonfulofhan I've been through a few bad consultants in my time, too. It feels terrible, I know. It does get better, though, and you will eventually find a decent specialist or two. It's not your failing; it's theirs.

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@CathSchofield Speaking generally: It's conditional. Subject to specific regulations and ongoing monitoring; you can regain a medically-restricted Licence after a period of time. *If* you can satisfy the medical assessors and the DVLA as to your fitness to drive.

Epilepsy and driving

You must tell DVLA if you've had any epileptic seizures or blackouts - download the correct form to let them know

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@danidonovan No doubt I'll hear some of that in the future myself. Which is funny because I have just had to switch to Atomoxetine (Strattera) which isn't even a stimulant!

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@ashleigh_pain I vaguely remember these, might have been in one of the reading corner crates at Primary? We did have "Look and Read" though. This one was re-edited in the 90's from the 1978 original:

Look and Read - Skyhunter II - 1. Strangers on the Canal - with...

1. Strangers on the CanalThree young children spot a strange, beautiful bird flying over the canal. Two bad-tempered strangers seem very interested.Broadcast...

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@johnpringdns @stephenctimms @Debbie_abrahams @leicesterliz @DeathsByWelfare Will we be seeing claimants being sanctioned for failing their "duty to engage" when a compulsory mindfulness course not only fails to magically fix their impairments but also leaves them housebound as a consequence of the attendance schedule adversely impacting their health?

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@daydream113017 I know there is a debate presently about free breakfast provision in UK schools. Free lunch provision for eligible kids though? We have had that for decades! The only difference is; the plastic eligibility card I was issued has generally been replaced with a digital credit in the

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@adamfare1996 Cats are wonderful, though! Our family cat gravitated very strongly towards me and had the bottom of my bed as one of his preferred sleeping spots. Always a happy (if often sleepy) greeter. I must have been about 5–6 when we adopted him; he left us during my late teens.

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@DannyLee1980 @notwaving Yep, totally get that. Secure electrified external outdoor storage has been on the back burner for me too.

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@adamfare1996 Well said, Adam. I am putting some letters together myself on this subject.

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@MaxW391 @adamfare1996 Pre-grated dairy cheese or non-dairy substitutes are brilliant if you have arthritis, tendonitis or similar. No non-dishwasher electric graters to scrub afterward either.

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@HollieAnneB @digitalspy @MEAssociation Excellent article. Any chance @digitalspy could consider making it's standard web article text formatting a bit more adaptive by default? Specifically; to make use of larger screens when they access the pages as opposed to smartphones? I realise they have ads to run but, that

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@Missymusician81 That reasonably describes my experience too. It did feel awful at times. It did get better after some time. I had to learn to put myself first and not accept demands from family that they should not have been applying to me.

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@mumof3amigos @adamfare1996 It can affect the means-tested benefits of the Disabled person, though. I.e., the Severe Disability Premium. There is also the "earnings threshold" cutoff of £151 p.w. with some allowed deductions. It's a complete, nonsensical mess that needs overhauling.

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@THELEGACYOFSEGA The "Clear craze..." Oh how I miss it.

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@shrews34

2 months

@adamfare1996 The local authority's "discretionary criteria" is always a struggle for applicants. I've had to appeal a decision in the past, and every renewal was a challenge. Qualifying automatically via PIP mobility criteria in 2018 was a significant relief.

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Oliver Gee

@shrews34

5 months

@RachelCDailey Speaking of "Benefits and Work" do you remember the similar coordinated attack that organisation got in the media and by MP's some years ago for, producing useful advice guides that: People could use to ensure their medically-evidenced claims were properly assessed?

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Oliver Gee

@shrews34

2 months

@TabitaSurge Does she not realise "red telephone boxes" (K6 etc) went out of fashion in 1985? They were difficult for people with Mobility issues to use, had poor ventilation and were a pain to clean. The KX series was my childhood in Village, Town & Country.

KX telephone boxes - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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Oliver Gee

@shrews34

8 months

@BenClaimant Yes, that's certainly a fair point to make. I was thinking on a more societal level. Perhaps if the general public knowledge of Hidden Disabilities and the hoops a claimant has to jump through develops a bit more: Such interactions will hopefully improve in the future.

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Oliver Gee

@shrews34

3 months

@synaestatic @ADHDForReal Thank you, It's lovely to hear that you were able to make a connection with my thoughts on the subject. I've been mulling over some of the points in my mind for a while now. I finally got it to flow properly after getting back on Elvanse. It was really nice to receive your

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Oliver Gee

@shrews34

2 months

@Missymusician81 On a related note: Please, can anybody help me decipher this 2003-era Reading Comprehension scoring table from my IEP? I think it may be an older standard scale? I've not had much luck online. LEA initials omitted.

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Oliver Gee

@shrews34

2 months

@dataplague @DrFrancesRyan Indeed, it can help dispel some of the false narratives around PIP in the general discourse. That may help with push back and publicity.

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Oliver Gee

@shrews34

11 days

@adamfare1996 Some of the energy companies used to have social tariffs, at least with respect to energy unit pricing. They seem to have been mostly abolished in favour of the annual "Warm home discount" grant. That might have been vaguely equivalent (£140 per annum) in savings, for some

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