Petition to recognise Fibromyalgia as a disability

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Hello all,

Please sign the petition which will go to parliament to get fibromyalgia recognised as a disability as is the case in USA, Australia and NI.

Thanks

https://www.change.org/p/uk-parliament- ... m=copylink

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Signed!

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Thank you

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Please can as many people as possible sign the petition. The target is 75k and we are currently at 68k, so please please get as many as friends and family as possible to fight our cause.

The team who have been actively working on this, plan to discuss this in parliament in the New Year.

Thanks in advance.

[SchroedingersCat]

It already is.

http://fibrotrust.org/dwp-working-benefits/
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-a ... imination/

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I believe it's classed more of an impairment than a disability, whereas in Australia, America and NI it's actually classed as a Disability.

The petition organiser has received confirmation from the DWP regarding this and is working closely with her MP to get this rectified.

[SchroedingersCat]

Weird. It has been accepted as a disability by all my employers since diagnosis in 2012. I'm pretty sure there's some DWP guidance about disability for benefits advisors that specifically mentions FM as a disability, but I can't find the link any more.

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I believe that the petition will be taken to parliament on 31st January 2018.

Please encourage as many people as possible to sign the petition. This will surely help to raise our cause and get fibromyalgia recognised just like other disabities.

Thanks

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Weird. It has been accepted as a disability by all my employers since diagnosis in 2012. I'm pretty sure there's some DWP guidance about disability for benefits advisors that specifically mentions FM as a disability, but I can't find the link any more.

Any of these? Some are quite old now.

DWP recognises Fibro
https://healthunlocked.com/fibromyalgia ... ises-fibro

Personal Independence Payment
http://www.myfibromyalgia.co.uk/benefit ... e-payment/

Fibromyalgia - Guidelines for the Disability Analyst
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... es_for_the

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Thanks for posting the links. I'm not sure how useful these are too people, fortunately I am still currently in employment so haven't had to go down that route as yet. Although it's getting harder to carry out my duties with my existing symptoms and side effects from the medication so I'm not sure how long I can continue to work.

I do know that a number of people have really struggled to get PIP with fibromyalgia and hence the petition to parliament in January.

Thanks again.

[SchroedingersCat]

Everyone is having trouble getting PIP, not just people with Fibromyalgia.