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Next Monday, 15th September, will be a landmark Day of Action for SEND families. Thanks to the more than 122,000 people who signed our parliamentary petition, MPs will debate SEND legal rights in Parliament. Some of our team will be in the public gallery, watching on. On the same day, families and allies will gather… Continue reading SEND Day of Action – See full details on Special Needs Jungle (SNJ)

PIP (Personal Independence Payments) WNDiS will continue to support clients with applications and appeals for PIP, regardless of changes to assessments. The PM is no doubt aware that PIP is very hard to get, and is reassessed roughly every three years already. We hope that the government’s research into PIP will be shared and that… Continue reading PIP

Like all other services, WNDiS does not tolerate any abusive or inconsiderate behaviour from clients. While it is understood that it can be frustrating to wait for help and people often feel that they are not being listened to in general, calls and other requests are taken in the order that they come in, to… Continue reading WNDiS Statement on Abusive and Unreasonable Behaviour

The Disability Evidence Portal is a way to have your say. It is a knowledge exchange platform that seeks to enable and empower decision makers with evidence-based knowledge to make decisions on how best to improve access, health, education, livelihood and social outcomes for people with disabilities worldwide. DEP aims to do this through the… Continue reading The Disability Evidence Portal

Blue Badge Issues The  Blue Badge scheme was started in 1971 as part of The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, and provided parking concessions for people who were eligible. More recent changes have included  giving badges for those with ‘hidden disabilities’ which is a necessary development,  given the improvements in our understanding of… Continue reading Blue Badge Issues

A supreme court judgement in July 2919 ruled that PIP claimant, MM, had not been awarded enough points for the Mixing with Others section for Daily Living as he had been given a support person to help him with this, as well as prompting, and had only been awarded 2 points and not 4. He… Continue reading PIP Ruling

Tribunal wins ‘expose broken system’ Read the article online at https://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/100-per-cent-tribunal-win-record-exposes-broken-disability-9231194/