Dr Jay Watts
@Shrink_at_Large
Consultant clinical psychologist/ activist/ neuroqueer bluestocking. Former Lived Experience Worker. Future failed poet. Will question ideology for cake ❤️ 🥄🎭
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"The new universal claims to 50 pounds a week, a loss of £2444 pounds per year push 1000s into deep poverty, stripping away legal protections and forcing people to choose between food and essential medication". - #TakingThePIP
I hate the fact two signifiers that once meant a lot to me - 'trauma-informed' and 'co-production' - have now been co-opted so that they actually make me squirm.
Baroness Bennett @natalieben said: “Disabled people need to hear our support.” That’s never been more true. Today and tomorrow, every word of validation for the dismantling we face— Every word of affirmation for the many ways we matter—It all counts. Say it loud. Say it often.
"There are people who will never be able to work but their lives still have a purpose" Hear Hear! #TakingThePIP
Labour representative - its a Bill based on listening. Please kill me now. #TakingThePIP
Never has the term 'co-produced' been used so badly by so many! #TakingThePIP
Labour representative: 'Perhaps peers don't know the details of WCA'. Also calls ESA EFA. #TakingThePIP
Ok, possibly less bad /actually good news perhaps as a result of our lobbying. For the Severe Conditions Criteria, a diagnosis will count IF recorded in the NHS system i.e. recognised by the NHS. So a private autism or ADHD diagnosis will qualify IF your NHS GP has it on record.
Labour representative - same bollocks as from Timms about SCC criteria already used. But by definition its not. SCC is new. Duh.
Labour woman: condescendingly trying to reassure about fluctuating conditions. Says WCA allows for fluctuating conditions. But its not about WCA - its about Severe Conditions Criteria. #TakingThePIP
Dreadful ableism that we don't understand. NO-ONE knows the details of the UC bill more than DDPOs and disabled people. #TakingThePIP
I hear hate on one side of the argument (for disability benefits cuts) and love on the other (something better).
Who is this dreadful person using the testimony of a friend who knew someone who was disabled who was on Brighton Beach! WTAF! #TakingThePIP
"This is a faulty bill and it shouldn't even be here" Hear Hear! - House of Lords #TakingThePIP
Fucking LOVE a proper conversation about substantial risk and the severe condition criteria. #TakingThePIP