Jon Sparkes, Chief Executive at learning disability A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things. charity Mencap said:
“Personal
Independence
Independence means doing things on your own. Making your own choices.
Payments fund the extra cost of being disabled. They are very different to benefits to disabled people who are out of work and need money for living
expenses
Expenses means the money you spend to buy things or pay for services.
.
The Government
The Government are the people who run the country. They decide how much tax people should pay for things and how things like the National Health Service should work.
appears to be conflating the two.
There are thousands of people with a learning disability who stand to lose PIP under current proposals. This will damage their health and wellbeing and their ability to afford the extra costs of being disabled such as specialist food, higher energy bills or
accessible
Accessible means something is easy for people to use or join in with. For example: Accessible writing means the writing is easy to read and understand.
transport. Restricting PIP eligibility will force thousands of disabled people into poverty.
A better way to make savings to the welfare
budget
A budget is a plan where you look at how much money you have and how you will spend it.
is to get more people into work and we need details about the plan to spend the £1bn of
employment
Employment means having a job.
support which has been promised. Mencap’s
research
Research is a way of finding out information which could come from books, or asking people what they think.
shows that 86% of people with a learning disability who do not have a job want to work, but they need more support from Government and employers to support their needs and aspirations.
MPs now face voting on devastating
cuts
Cuts are when there is less money to pay for things like clubs and support.
that will vastly impact their disabled constituents without key information on what the Government is planning to do to support them. It is vital that the concerns of people with a learning disability are heard.”