united we stand

Although nobody should ever trust the daily telegraph, as it is written by morons who support CaMoron, it has reported that Fewer than a third of the 2.7 million or so people claiming incapacity benefit are legitimate claimants. This is substantiated by the DWP. Now, there are bound to be a few false claimants, but what worries me is that this is an obvious dividing tactic played against the disabled community. It is as if the conservatives want to make people who claim benefit into bogeymen who are just being lazy. In turn, this may cause the disabled community to turn in on itself in a case of ‘I’m alright jack.’ That is to say, we’ll fight among ourselves over who is the more worthy claimant. As a person with moderate to severe athetoid cerebral palsy, I know my claim is secure, but as I read this article I started to think in terms of myself vs other claimants. We, the disabled community, cannot afford to do this; we cannot afford to enter into arguments over who is more of a cripple, for, as they say, united we stand, divided we fall.

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