Author: thepaincorner
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A reasonable adjustment is defined by ACAS as changes made by an employer to remove or reduce a disadvantage related to a disability.
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Non-melanoma skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, with around 430 new cases every day in the UK (Cancer Research UK), and around 9500 every day in the US (Skincancer.org).
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I’m not going to keep this blog post impartial. The PIP benefit system is not fit for purpose, the DWP and courts are uneducated and biased, working on their own ideas of what disability and independence should look like and…
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Sometimes, it can look like the person who looks like they have it all and that they’re managing okay.
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Almost 70 thousand people know the most intimate corners of my medical history.
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I’m hoping in another four years, I’ll look back and I’ll be where I am today regarding my facial pain: comfortable in my capabilities and confident in my requirements, with an ability to stand up for myself.
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My face always feels like I have something crawling on it and I don’t often get a break from it.
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I have faked being healthy, sometimes unsuccessfully, but usually pretty well, for the last seven and a half years.
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Obviously, I got rejected again. I received the letter in the post dated exactly one month after my first letter, not the 12 weeks I was told it may take.
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