sheff1johnny Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Here's a question, then: should people who qualify to run in the Olympics (not the Paralympics, the able-bodied version) be entitled to long-term ESA for being unable to work? Sorry forgot, I can't go to my medical, as I'm competing in the 100 metres final that day, hope ussain bolt lets me win. Get a grip of reallity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Sorry forgot, I can't go to my medical, as I'm competing in the 100 metres final that day, hope ussain bolt lets me win. Get a grip of reallity! What makes you think I do not have one? What's your answer, yes or no? Or, should they be assessed like anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choogling Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 If you fill in the form yourself you are considered to be fit to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defunct Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Then they came for the disabled, but I did not speak out for them because I am a two bit toryboy fascist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namtaB Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 What makes you think I do not have one? What's your answer, yes or no? Or, should they be assessed like anyone else? Are you Halibut heading North? you seem to answer every post with a question much like him ?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheff1johnny Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 What makes you think I do not have one? What's your answer, yes or no? Or, should they be assessed like anyone else? wouldn't this be wasting money as the person is obviously fit for work, so there would be no point in a medical, and they should be taken off benefits straight away, though I do not really think many olympians, (paralympians excluded) are claiming disabillity benefits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 wouldn't this be wasting money as the person is obviously fit for work, so there would be no point in a medical, and they should be taken off benefits straight away, though I do not really think many olympians, (paralympians excluded) are claiming disabillity benefits. You may be right. On the other hand, there's a chap competing in the Olympics this summer has has had both legs amputated; so we've proven that having both legs amputated does not automatically mean you are unfit for work. How do you think the headlines would look if a man with no legs was refused incapacity benefit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Are you Halibut heading North? you seem to answer every post with a question much like him ?????? I am not, but I have noticed that he is another poster who's more interested in getting people to think about their own position, than he is about browbeating them into accepting his own. I'm also not Cyclone, or Bartfarst, or any of the other two dozen people I regularly get accused of being; some of them rabid right-wingers and some of them diehard communists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheff1johnny Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 You may be right. On the other hand, there's a chap competing in the Olympics this summer has has had both legs amputated; so we've proven that having both legs amputated does not automatically mean you are unfit for work. How do you think the headlines would look if a man with no legs was refused incapacity benefit? Is this in the proper olympics? as that was what I was reffering to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Kane Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 You may be right. On the other hand, there's a chap competing in the Olympics this summer has has had both legs amputated; so we've proven that having both legs amputated does not automatically mean you are unfit for work. How do you think the headlines would look if a man with no legs was refused incapacity benefit? No one who competes in the special olympics should get a penny in dla. No one who is fit enough to compete on that level can then turn round and say they are too disabled to work. Thats benefit theft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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