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Old 31-08-2016, 23:15   #20
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Re: Government ‘has stripped Paralympians of their Motability vehicles’

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Originally Posted by Kursk View Post
Do the CF members here who are in receipt of the higher rate mobility component of DLA feel that paralympians, athletes, should qualify for the same benefit as they do?

Is it relevant that by definition, they are very mobile, possibly already receive UK Sport, Lottery and sponsored funding to enable them to participate in a chosen career whilst many young ambulant people are scrambling around to get a job, to buy a car, buy a home and raise a family?
yes just because they get around doesn't mean they are not in pain or that it makes doing everyday stuff difficult the whole point of this award was to enable people to live a fairly normal life

Just because they are fitter and maybe healthier than me doesn't mean that they are still not disadvantaged being mobile
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