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Not all impairments are readily evident to the onlooker

what about people with conditions which cause debilitating symptoms that are not so apparent from the outside, as “invisible disabilities.”

certain impaired functions of the heart or lungs and then you've got MS, ME, Epilepsy and palsy

Most people do not realize a person can have hindrances on the inside, that may not visible on the outside. Their restrictions may not be conspicuous at a glance, but their pain, limitations and inability to function normally can be debilitating.

Here are just a few invisible reasons a person may not look disabled

Back Injury, Brain Injury, Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Heart Condition, Muscular Disorders, Neurological Disorders, Seizure Disorders, Spinal Disorders, Bone Disorders, Chronic Injuries, Organ Transplant, Oxygen Impairment, Difficult Pregnancy, Prosthetic, Surgery and several others all of which are invisible to on lookers.

So to get disability these invisible reasons mentioned above would have genuine medical notes,hospital appointments etc.
Its the ones that say they live alone so they can claim extra benefit but don't live alone that flout the system, no medical records or hospital appointments there as back up is there.

But how do you get DLA for being an alcoholic? In a previous thread i mentioned about a lad that was getting it for that reason. Also i knew a woman that was getting DLA for the same thing. When she knew she was going for a medical she'd go on a bender a few days before. Blurry eyes, stinking of white ice or whatever, raised blood pressure. It was a joke. Any way she died.....she got run over(sober).

They don't throw money and say get on with it, you have to prove you are doing something about it before they do and prove it continuosly, also, take the money away and they'll steal/rob to get money for alcohol and then the cost to society is a far lot higher

No one wakes up and says today I'll be an alcoholic most have been in and out of care from kids or homeless.

I work in Liverpool which has many alcoholics on the street, I sometimes stop and talk to them, some of the life tales they tell would make most men cry, like one man who was in Iraq and turned to drink to cope with what he's seen or the young lady who was raped by her dad and when she told her mum, her mum then tells her to get out the house, not everything is black n white I myself don't care who gets my tax I'm just so happy to have a job when so many people can't get a job.

Ever heard of the phrase "There but for the grace of God" ?

i can honestly say tiptop that this feller is not helping himself and is not getting help apart from monetary.

Thats the legit cases.What about the many few who are able to work and CBA?

That's the problem when dealing with alcoholics or drug a users, they always have an excuse for their plight and blame their problems on others; whether it be childhood abuse or the awful things they saw during some war. The fact is we live in an age in which the ordinary working classes have never had, in the history of mankind, such wonderful opportunities to enjoy the benefits of healthy living standards.
Nobody puts whole families in workhouses anymore. Instead the state provides people with housing, much of it care of the welfare state.
Housing benefit and other welfare benefits, free education, and excellent free healthcare are all available, for now, for all to enjoy, care of the welfare state.
Make the right noises and you even get a free car, care of the welfare state.
As I write, one lady on tv is complaining about how the bedroom tax has meant she can't afford to have her haircut once a month, so dire is the impact of her cut in benefit. She speaks as she sits in front of her expensive computer equipment. The dead, who were buried in pauper's graves a hundred years ago must be spinning in their graves at the nerve of these people. Oh for a free bedroom of their own they must be chanting in chorus.
The simple fact is, some people choose to be winners in this modern world of tremendous opportunity, whilst others chose to be losers. It's much easier to be a loser when the state is paying for it.

How can you have the many few that's an oxymoron like a dark light or Bug fix.