Hello

[Guest guest]

Hello.

My name is Sue Horder-Mason and I'm new to the group, thanks to Gretchen. I

have been following your emails with great interest and would have introduced

myself earlier but my computer curled up its toes and refused to co-operate with

anyone or anything. I could receive emails but couldn't send them. I didn't

discover this until a week after it initially happened, so I was sending them

and was getting paranoid that no one was listening to me. (Sob, sob)

Anyway I'm back on line.

I've been fascinated by the stories I've been reading about how you guys

have to fight for financial support because of being disabled. I live in England

and I'm sorry to say but we have exactly the same types of problems over here. I

have been awarded full mobility allowance which enables me to lease a car (if I

so desire) or money to help me get about. I'm in a wheelchair. I have also been

awarded Severe Disablement Allowance because I'm classed as 80% disabled but

have been turned down for simple Disability Living Allowance which is supposed

to help me pay for help etc around the home. The irony of this is that normally

to qualify for Severe Disablement Allowance I have to be in receipt of

DisablilityLiving Allowance. When I queried this I was told that they were two

different departments and had nothing to do with each other. Confused? So am I.

So I can appreciate the problems the rest of you are having and all I can do is

wish you the very best of luck.

Love

Sue