alexa the DWP putting the lives of disabled people at risk is so sad play despacito
(sorry, I couldn’t resist.)
as of 22nd June, have been denied any PIP (personal independence payment) by the dwp. It has been taken from me completely, despite me sitting for an hour and a half with their private company assessor (not a doctor) and describing every single aspect of my ailments and trauma in excruciating detail, and supplying a letter from my doctor declaring me categorically unfit for work.
I am physically disabled with ehlers danlos syndrome - a connective tissue disorder that causes agonising pain in all my joints and makes me prone to dislocating major ones at any given time (most recently my jaw).
I am also severely mentally ill. I have bipolar disorder, ptsd, and GAD (generalised anxiety disorder), which are a hellish combination. I’m prone to self harm in manic spells, pacing, panic attacks, and vivid abuse flashbacks that have made it impossible for me to work. It’s exhausting and I’m tired all the time. I suffer constantly from suicidal ideation, even medicated properly.
Anyone who follows me/has looked at my uk politics tag will know that it’s been a constant and frustrating struggle for me to even get my pittance, but losing my pip would mean I have just 200£ a month.
That’s to cover all my bills. My food, my phone, cat food, my rent, and most importantly my travel. My home is severely abusive. I leave the house at 6.30am and stay out until I’m nearly falling asleep with pain and exhaustion. I’ve been beaten before. My parents gaslight me constantly and are homophobic or ableist depending on what mood they’re in. They blame me for this, and will not help. Not even in the slightest way.
The prospect of struggling to be able to buy food is incredibly bad for my eating disorder too. I’ve tried so fucking hard to recover this past year, and something like this makes it so risky to relapse. I cannot survive on this little money, and I don’t say that lightly.
I am going to appeal, but that could take 6 weeks, and that’s the best case scenario. I’ve waited 12 weeks to even get the result of this assessment, and I do not have any money for however long this takes.
please, for the love of god, if you have any spare money that you can donate to help me, my paypal is tinykestrel@gmail.com
Even the smallest amount would help. If you can’t donate please please reblog.
Thank you so much, from my lesbian ass and miss agnez:
hey lads, I’m still not getting paid and I’m really scared, please reblog/donate if you can!!
I can’t get a job because by the time an application goes through I will be moved back to the city I go to uni in, I will try to get a job there but no one ever wants to employ me. I am autistic and there’s so many aspects of the work I can get that put me under immense stress and would leave me with no energy to do anything (eg. cook for myself, uni preparation- i beginning my final year in October- or self care). It’s not fair and I don’t understand how I am supposed to survive without it.
At the moment I have about £80 to live off until god knows when. While I am trying to spend as little as I possibly can its still very hard to make this last especially as I need to enrich my life-
Im not going to apologise for spending my money on things that are fun because honestly this whole situation has made my depression much worse and I need to get out, and do things that would be of negligible cost to most people.
My first rent payment on my flat is on the 15 of august and as it stands thats coming straight out of my student overdraft.
I am passionate about doing drag but theres no way I can finance that on my own despite being as thrifty as possible.
Anything helps even $1 in any which currency. I can’t get a job because
I am very gay, very trans, and too disabled to work, and I’d like a little money
