From: nimbusjunk@yahoo.co.uk
Newsgroups: uk.finance uk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: Are we benefit scroungers?
Date: 29 Sep 2006 12:58:07 -0700
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Chris.S wrote:
> "Alasdair"  wrote in message
> news:p1nlh2lkeob7da06hfsta9r0nkp486046a@4ax.com...
> > On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:59:44 GMT, Mike  wrote:
> >
> > >My wife got pretty badly smashed up in a road traffic accident on her way
> to
> > >work a few months ago and is now in a wheelchair (for a few months yet).
> She
> > >does get sick pay for 6 months.
> >
> > Whose fault was the accident?  Is your wife not entitled to
> > substantial damages? If the other party's insurers accept liability,
> > they may well make an intermim payment to your wife.
> >
> > Your wife should be able to claim Disability Living Allowance which,
> > is not means tested. She should also qualify for a free bus pass and a
> > Disabled Person's Railcard and, most valuable of all, a Disabled
> > Person's Parking Permit.  Once you get these things, they tend not to
> > take them off you when you recover.
> >
> > This is not scrounging; it is your legal and moral entitlement from a
> > so-called caring society.
>
> Non of the above would be applicable if the injury was temporary.

Complete cobblers
I suggest you apply for DLA and a blue badge and ignore this advice
(I know from experience of a son who was temporarly injured in an rta
he got DLA and a blue badge...
HTH PHIL