Mastodawn

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mcfaddens-speech-suggests-ministers-are-set-to-renew-efforts-to-pressure-young-disabled-people-into-work/. Once again, young #disabled people are being depicted as lead-swinging, work-shy "scroungers", who need to be forced into work, kicking & screaming. No account is taken of #disability #discrimination, either in the #jobs #market or the #workplace, let alone #education. That this is coming from a #Labour #Government, employing similar #rhetoric to the previous #Tory one is, to say the least, somewhat disappointing - but not at all surprising, @ChrisMayLA6.

McFadden’s speech suggests ministers are set to renew efforts to pressure young disabled people into work

The government appears to be gearing up for fresh cuts and “radical” reforms that will increase the pressure on young disabled people to move off out-of-work disability benefits. Work and pensions …

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The Penguin of Evil 4d ago

@rmblaber1956 @ChrisMayLA6 They really need some actual disabled people involved in government policy. At least then they might get to understand that disabled people would queue up to work if they were enabled to actually do so

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Richard Michael Blaber

@etchedpixels @ChrisMayLA6 There have been attempts to "involve" #disabled people in policy-making in the UK. I was a member of a group of #autistic people who were consulted by civil servants from the #DWP at the National Autistic Society in London over changes to the #benefit system. We might as well have been talking to a brick wall!