{"id":318412,"date":"2021-09-19T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1482339"},"modified":"2021-09-19T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T22:01:00","slug":"we-are-people-too-disabled-adults-tell-government-after-social-care-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/09\/19\/we-are-people-too-disabled-adults-tell-government-after-social-care-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We are people too\u2019, disabled adults tell government after social care failures"},"content":{"rendered":"
Disabled working-age adults have said the government needs to recognise they \u201care people too\u201d, after failures in social care left some with a choice between \u201cheating and eating\u201d.<\/p>\n
The government has pledged to invest \u00a336bn to help the NHS recover and reform the adult social care system over the next three years \u2013 with social care receiving \u00a35.4bn.<\/p>\n
The plan includes an extension of the Disabled Facilities Grant, which currently offers funding for changes to disabled people\u2019s homes such as adding ramps or a stairlift, but many feel the proposals will offer them little support.<\/p>\n
Emma Blackmore from Bristol was born with congenital rubella syndrome and is deafblind, and said she feels disabled care users have been \u201cput on the back burner\u201d.<\/p>\n
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