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• Daniela Martins commented  ·  February 11, 2011 2:09 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I voted 3 times. I don't know how to use up the following votes. Is this a daily vote thing?

• Alison Cross commented  ·  February 11, 2011 1:52 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Professionally (as a former OT) I know the difference DLA can make to someone's life and now, sadly, I have personal experience.

• ali n commented  ·  February 11, 2011 1:36 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Its a necessity to afford essentials like transport

• King Frog commented  ·  February 11, 2011 1:35 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  DONT FORGET TO VOTE AS WELL AS LEAVING A COMMENT!!! Up to 3 votes can be given and will show on your comments.(Top left hand corner)

• lib commented  ·  February 11, 2011 1:32 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  This government believes it can cure us overnight ...it`s a miricle (NOT)

• King Frog commented  ·  February 11, 2011 1:31 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  Convention signature 30-3-2007
  Protocol signature 26-2-2009
  Convention ratification 8-6-2009
  Protocol ratification 7-8-2009
  Perhaps they only think this applies to other countries! (Dek)
  Check out http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/news.shtml

• Daniela Martins commented  ·  February 11, 2011 1:27 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Anti-democratic.

• Sue commented  ·  February 11, 2011 1:25 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  This worry is not helping any of us :(

• joan mcparland commented  ·  February 11, 2011 1:21 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I will have great pleasure in cancelling my DLA and getting a job and a life again if I EVER get effective treatment or even someday a cure for M.E.

• liz commented  ·  February 11, 2011 1:21 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  it was so hard to get !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Frances Ward commented  ·  February 11, 2011 1:18 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  The welfare state should not just be about making sure people survive, but that they have a reasonable quality of life and retain their dignity; DLA allows for this.

• elaine commented  ·  February 11, 2011 1:15 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  i dont know how i would survive without dla

• Peter Lockhart commented  ·  February 11, 2011 1:15 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I'll be housebound without it

• mistynow commented  ·  February 11, 2011 1:11 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Disability Living Allowance helps pays for the most basic essentials required to meet the needs of the disabled which are not required by the able.

• jace commented  ·  February 11, 2011 12:33 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Being disabled is expensive. You can't shop around, you need mobility aids, there are treatments you have to pay for, help you have to pay for, that's why disabled people need more money to live like a human being. That's what DLA allows for, and that's all DLA allows for, enough to live like a human being.

• Rita commented  ·  February 11, 2011 12:30 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  The mark of a civilised society is the care it shows towards the weakest members!

• Sarah Lawry commented  ·  February 11, 2011 12:20 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I regualrly get turned down for DLA and have to fight for reinstatement. I have never had the level of benefits that I am entitled to. This is common for folk with the neurological illness ME. It is inhumane to ask ill folk to fight for what is their entitlement and costly to go to appeal, review etc sometimes with the help of Legal Aid.

• Denise Bessant commented  ·  February 11, 2011 12:13 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  This benefit must not be stopped. It is a life line to many people who are disabled, it helps to pay for things that makes life a bit more bearable for those of us who are disabled

• Anthony Leach commented  ·  February 11, 2011 11:59 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  My wife has DLA which she had to fight for now she worries daily about the call to be reassessed when she was told that she would not have to go through this again. She has this benifit because she needs it and deserves it she is not a criminal.

• King Frog commented  ·  February 11, 2011 11:25 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  They shoot horses... don't they? But horses can't fight back... we can! (Dek)