Share and discuss how being sick and disabled affects our lives. Mental illness, chronic illness, acquired and life long disabilities. Inequalities, welfare benefits, social care, social values, disability, being enabled, freedom, having a voice, DWP, Department of Work and Pensions, UK government, healthcare, social services, NHS, wheelchairs, charities, UK , accessibility, politics, scapegoats, hate crime, discrimination, right to work, and participation.

Tips and advice on the practical side of living with illness or disabilities. Newly diagnosed, what to expect, peer to peer advice and experience. What works for you and what might work for me? Medications and treatments. Aids that help us and solutions you might not already know about.

A place to find out more about welfare benefits, and where members can share their experiences of what benefits are available and how to claim them. Claiming ESA Employment and Support Allowance, DLA Disability living Allowance, UC Universal credit, Access To Work, CA Carer's Allowance. Getting help, filling in forms, assessment, assessor, and decision maker, GPs and local social services.

Moderator: Monic1511

Read and discuss news, current affairs, politics and ethics. How we are to live, the environment, industry, technology, bioethics, science, experimentation, gene therapy, robotics, animal welfare and farming etc. Morality, society and history.

Friendship and adventure. Word games that can boggle your brain, jokes that are not politically correct,s arcasm, irony and dark humour as well as silly fun, happy thoughts and things that make you smile. Maybe a poem or two....

Any questions just start a thread or post on and existing one. If you can't figure out how to the you can always email me on Righttofreedom@hotmail.com Cheers Sunshine