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As someone that is disabled I am more aware than many of the ‘services’ that are available to help us manage to live an independent life in our own home. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **I should add here that this opinion also relates to the consumer. Everything I speak of was bought by us, from people we chose and none were simply forced on us** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ During the early months, and years, of my disability I felt very alone, very isolated and as if there was nothing, nor anyone, that could, or would, help me. I soon found out just how wrong I was. My GP and my surgeon had both contacted Social Services to ...

Are you disabled? Do you know someone who is disabled? On the other hand, are you interested in disability matters? Well if the following applies to you. There is a specialist disability magazine called Disability Now, which is published every month. Disability Now has many sections, all of which are related to disability. News The news section covers all the latest disability news, such as new drugs, benefit changes, government initiatives and readers problems. This section keeps you bang up to date which all the latest disability news. For example the government is planning to give carers a £2 rise, it's not a lot but it's a start. You ...