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Dear Jane Thank you for briging this to our attention. It's incredulously concerning. I've passed the info onto various colleagues in the arts and disablility circuit, whom I know will want to respond. Regards Liz Porter Portertales storytelling, drama and imagination arts developer/producer/disability adviser M: 07824 344828 ----- Original Message ----- From: jane Simpson Access To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 10:12 AM Subject: DLA childrens rights EDCM has just sent me this, thought some of you might want to do this. Regards Jane The Government is proposing a benefit rule change that will mean disabled children and young people will only be able to leave the country for four weeks before their Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is stopped. They will then have to have a full reassessment when they come back in the country, which may mean long delays until they get their benefit back. At the moment, disabled children and young people are able to leave the country for up to 26 weeks. This new rule will also apply to Personal Independence Payments (PIP) which is replacing DLA for 16 - 64 year olds. We are worried about the impact this will have on families with disabled children during school holidays. We are also concerned that it will limit opportunities for disabled young people to study and work abroad. Write to the Government asking them to allow disabled children and young people to be able to leave the country for more than 4 weeks. Jane Simpson RIBA & NRAC Consultant T: 01484 413000/537407 M: 07777 607239 www.janesimpsonaccess.com Registered address: New House Bungalow, New House Road, Sheepridge, Huddersfield, HD2 1EG Company No 6559802, VAT No 930 0839 42 This e-mail is for the addressee only. The information contained in it and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately. You are not authorized to, and must not disclose, copy, distribute or retain this e-mail or any part of it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------End of Message---------- Run by SURFACE for more information on research, consultancy and the distance taught MSc. in Accessibility and Inclusive Design programme visit: http://www.surface.salford.ac.uk Archives for the Accessibuilt discussion list are located at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/accessibuilt.html ----------End of Message---------- Run by SURFACE for more information on research, consultancy and the distance taught MSc. in Accessibility and Inclusive Design programme visit: http://www.surface.salford.ac.uk Archives for the Accessibuilt discussion list are located at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/accessibuilt.html