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PE01854: Review the adult disability payment eligibility criteria for people with mobility needs

Health

Petitioner: Keith Park on behalf of MS Society

Status:
Open

Closing Date for Online Petition: 17 March 2021

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to remove the 20 metre rule from the proposed adult disability payment eligibility criteria or identify an alternative form of support for people with mobility needs.

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Do you agree the 20 metre rule should be removed from the Adult Disability Payment framework?

Can the Scottish Government achieve their aim of developing a disability assistance system based on the principles of dignity, fairness and respect if they keep the 20m rule?

Should be removed, not a concept that is realistic, MS sufferers are not all unable to walk, I can walk but in debilitating pain, but I don't count, so as a progressive illness that affects sufferers at different levels it shouldn't be taken into account how much you can walk. MS doesn't go away they need to get that through their heads its progressive and painful unless they have it they will never understand.

Diane Hogg

11:15 on 11 Feb 2021

My daughter was diagnosed at 18 last March she has good days were she feels good but her bad days she can't walk from the living room to the kitchen as her dizzy spells are very bad

Fiona Kelly

17:30 on 10 Feb 2021

Definitely needs to be removed.

George Barker

17:19 on 10 Feb 2021

Definitely should be removed and soon.

Isabel Barker

17:18 on 10 Feb 2021

20 metre rule should be removed.

Christine Hunter

14:45 on 10 Feb 2021

MS is a fluctuating condition with many different disabling symptoms which are poorly understood by most. Whether someone can walk 20m has got very little to do with how disabled someone is. Please involve medically qualified professionals with assessment of disability.

Dr Rachel Petrie

14:37 on 10 Feb 2021

It should be the disease and not the symptoms the system should support.

Kim Chrystie

14:20 on 10 Feb 2021

The 20 metre rule is a ridiculous concept. Just because someone can walk more than 20 metres does not mean they can go about a normal working day in many workplaces. I find myself potentially having retire early as I can't do my normal work duties do to MS...and I'm one of the lucky ones. Some people struggle with many normal functions but may still be able to walk 20 metres. It is an absurd rule.

Steven Holgan

8:58 on 10 Feb 2021

should be removed

kenneth alexander macintosh

15:35 on 09 Feb 2021

The 29 metre rule impacts heavily on people with MS. It can be a fluctuating condition which makes mobility possible on one day but not on the next. It is not a fair measurement of ability

Mary Douglas

9:10 on 09 Feb 2021

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