OUT NOW Everything yo need to know

THE new Disability Rights Handbook provides in-depth, comprehensive guidance on the benefits system, explains how social care operates around the UK and includes information about other services and resources for disabled people

And it’s full of tools and tactics to help you make a succe claim

Written in plain English by benefits’ specialists and legally referenced, it’s the only user-friendly guide designed for both claimants and advisers

Fully updated for 2023/24 and easy to find your way around, it has the answers you need, to claim what you’re entitled to, or challenge an unsuccessful application for benefits or social care n Reduced price copies for individuals are available online at www disabilityrightsuk org/shop or by calling 020 3687 0790

Dave Bracher, SIA’s campaigns manager, said: “Many will be shocked and appalled to hear the stories we are going to be sharing, but this is the reality of life for far too many spinal cord injured people ”

Mohammed Belal, a consultant urological surgeon at University Hospital Birmingham, sustained a spinal cord injury after being struck by a tree in 2021 He believes the hardest part of his recovery was the bowel care

Mr Belal said: ”Poor bowel care can have significant mental and emotional effects, with a decreased quality of life, social isolation, and depression It is so important to get it right ”

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