http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchTooAimoo CityAimooen-USAimoo http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Disability-Q-and-A-transfer-complete-1-665663.html SunshineMeadows 2011-11-16 06:54:49.88 Disability Q & A Aimoo Disability Q and A board transfer to new Ouch Too is now complete.(I still have pdfs to make and add to the titles but that is not so much difficult as time consuming) http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/rollator-with-seat-1-663992.html thekumquat 2011-11-16 06:39:51.627 Disability Q & A Just to check I'm using the right terminology - my MIL says a rollator is one of those V-shaped walking frames on wheels, which often has a basket or bag on it.Mother-in-law wants one, only with a seat on it too. I think I've seen such things but don't know what to look for.MIL currently walks with http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Better-price-on-floor-mounted-drop-down-toilet-rail-1-660813.html RoseRodent 2011-11-14 00:07:19.693 Disability Q & A Has anyone seen a better price than £108 on a floor mounted drop-down toilet rail? I will have to pay for this myself, the OT service is obsessed with "saving" money by coming out on a zillion professional visits with 2 OTs then sending joiners out to fit things I don't want and can't use, but will http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/losing-mobility-1-660368.html escapecommittee 2011-11-14 00:02:52.21 Disability Q & A I am losing mobility in my right arm and shoulder. Mobility here has always been limited due to lack of muscles and by this I mean i am totally without said muscles, not I lack tone.I am having difficulty explaining this to physio, who seem to think if i do some "simple" stretches all will be o http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Disabled-and-paying-VAT-1-659249.html catspjs 2011-11-14 00:11:00.53 Disability Q & A I know that you can claim VAT back on mobility aids and on a car, is there anything else disabled people can claim VAT back on. ie  can you claim VAT back on buying a house thats been adapted, the VAT on new or further building adaptations or the VAT on the actual payments.you know what its lik http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Disabled-parking-removal-no-consultation-evident-1-659089.html RoseRodent 2011-11-13 23:59:33.633 Disability Q & A I think my council has pulled a fast one to remove all parking provision along an entire street (street is about a mile long and is a core city centre street). Basically the road was closed for some road works (gas main renewal if I remember correctly) for well over 18 months and I desperately await http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/day-centers-1-656913.html ilovepinkandpurple 2011-11-14 00:15:11.537 Disability Q & A This forum is full of people with disabilities but nobody seems to go to day centers im wondering why not http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/ESA-1-653513.html poetic_princess_roxy 2011-10-31 22:38:44.693 Disability Q & A can someone explian to me what it is?who's entitled to it?very confused after benfits advior told me to make a claim. http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/ESA-1-651060.html ilovepinkandpurple 2011-10-30 05:55:52.82 Disability Q & A Im still on income support and was reading action on hearing loss factsheet about ESA.im a bit confused about how much money i will get when i go on ESA it dosent seem to be the same amount of money as income support it said on  one of the the fact sheet deaf people can get community http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Insulin-Pumps-1-650218.html dmckatana 2011-10-28 18:05:13.547 Disability Q & A Hi all, looking for some help.Does anyone use an insulin pump as i was thinking of asking doc for one and would like a bit of feedback from a user.The reason I ask is I am fed up taking injections after 21 years and was looking for an alternative. I hope that someone can helpDavid http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Urgently-urgent-urgent-Anyone-ever-had-a-MENOX-hand-control-1-650192.html RoseRodent 2011-10-26 19:47:14.28 Disability Q & A I need help on an AutoAdapt Carospeed Menox hand control which is being fitted right now to a car I am supposed to pick up tomorrow. Because of things which have happened in the past I will have to reject the whole car if this is not resolved today, as I had a problem with installation of the exact http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Bit-of-an-odd-one-benefits-and-inheriting-money-1-649753.html xSparksx 2011-10-28 19:42:06.193 Disability Q & A This came up the other day (in one of those rambling conversations I have with my mother, prompted primarily by her working on her living will).At some point my grandparents are going to die (they're both heading into their nineties) and when they're both gone, I stand to inherit money. Mum thinks i http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Reconditioned-second-hand-Hoist-1-649473.html Cookoospite 2011-10-25 22:12:03.433 Disability Q & A Hi guys,I am looking for a second hand molift smart portable hoist. Does anyone have or know of someone who has one that they are willing to sell? I have checked ebay, disability gear and preloved. Annoyingly adverts did come up but they were old ones. I am not looking to get it for dirt cheap just http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Blue-Badge-renewal-1-648870.html standardCindy 2011-11-01 10:05:14.68 Disability Q & A Help please,How do you renew your blue badge?xx http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Powder-free-latex-gloves-1-648858.html UUrbanblues 2011-10-27 23:54:35.003 Disability Q & A Is it me, or are powder-free latex gloves (part of PAs protective clothing) an exorbitant price? Looking for a box of 100 gloves I'm getting £15 and £16 per box. Does anyone on Ouch know of a cheap source of powder-free latex gloves?  http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/DLA-question-groan-sorry-1-648436.html WiddlingDiddling 2011-10-26 11:05:49.073 Disability Q & A I am waiting for my DLA claim to be assessed/decided/thrown in the bin/laughed at hysterically and then thrown in a bin.....Problem is, since I claimed, and sent all the gubbins off, it now looks like I am moving house... some 150 miles away.This was a possibility when I claimed, but only a possibil http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Disability-Shopping-1-648144.html nicey 2011-10-26 21:14:45.827 Disability Q & A <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 Hi Guys,   I don’t know if this one has been posted already, but I will do so anyway.   As we all know both Disability & Shopping is a daily battle. How does your disability affect you when you shop? For me, it is finding http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Write-offs-for-costs-involved-in-voluntary-work-1-647924.html RoseRodent 2011-10-24 09:11:24.66 Disability Q & A Is there any financial assistance, tax reduction, anything at all that you can get for costs involved in doing voluntary work? I don't think it's going to qualify as a charity in its own right because of paperwork, constitution, all that jazz. I won't be working through or on behalf of a charity. I http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Any-financial-help-to-get-us-crips-working-1-647920.html RoseRodent 2011-10-29 23:02:33.027 Disability Q & A Is there any access to a grant scheme to pay financial costs of a startup business? I will not be working full time, nor will have any intention to work full time. Initially (and perhaps long term) this is to be Permitted Work, I'm talking 2-4 hours a week here. Not being full time or signing off be http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Recomend-an-external-hard-drive-1-646304.html Yvettea 2011-11-02 16:28:04.93 Disability Q & A Can anyone recomend a good external hard drive please?  Preferrably 1tb.  I have so much on my computer I am hoping it will go faster if I can transfer my iTunes and photos.  http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Wheeling-in-London-again-1-646130.html RoseRodent 2011-10-25 23:16:34.75 Disability Q & A What's the best wheelchair accessible route from Kings Cross to Greenwich Royal Naval Academy? I don't mind long "walks" between bus stops and stuff so long as I can find the way, I'm in my powerchair so I'd prefer a good speed of chairing it to waiting around on a bus, especially as I need to be th http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Grab-rails-1-644499.html standardCindy 2011-11-06 06:06:17.113 Disability Q & A Hi Everyone,Has anyone used one of those grab rails that go onto the tiles on the wall at the side of the bath? I'm looking at the suction ones. Sounds a bit risky but there is one that has a lever to hold it securely. That's the one I'm asking about.Help please.xx http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/DRIVING-ADAPTIONS-ON-NEW-CAR-1-639993.html catspjs 2011-10-15 04:17:15.387 Disability Q & A My new car has arrived at the garage at last (ordered in January)  the adaptations company collected yesterday.I pressed for a meeting with them before they whisked it away.I am so frustrated and upset by how difficult it is to pin them down to what the plan is before they butcher my lovely new http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Fastenings-on-baby-clothes-1-639344.html independentgirl84 2011-10-27 06:49:58.017 Disability Q & A Hello there,I am terribly sorry I have not posted before (although I've read all the threads!)I just wanted to ask about fastenings on baby clothes. I'm 23 weeks pregnant and I have been practicing the popper buttons with a baby gro and a doll. Although I'm getting faster, I'm not sure how I'd do th http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Citroen-Grand-C4-multiplex-or-non-multiplex-1-635129.html RoseRodent 2011-10-16 18:49:44.503 Disability Q & A Yeah, you'd think that between Motability, Citroen and the fitting company someone would be able to answer this question, but nobody seems to know except the fitter and the fitter for some reason never responds to any of my questions despite Motability and Citroen seeming to be able to phone him at http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Sleep-1-634452.html Penthesalie 2011-10-21 03:03:11.157 Disability Q & A A lot of us have problems with this,http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/how-sleep-can-save-your-life-2365095.html http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Listed-building-regs-specifics-1-633004.html RoseRodent 2011-10-05 21:46:07.117 Disability Q & A Does anyone know what exactly has to be taken into consideration on an application for listed buildings consent, or is it entirely up to each individual council's committee what they choose to consider? I'm planning to start a concerted campaign to change the listed building consent rules to better http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Worrying-letter-from-Student-Loans-1-632997.html RoseRodent 2011-10-03 22:55:48.13 Disability Q & A I got a letter from the student loans company saying that according to HMRC's records I have started working! I'm not worried about the student loan side of things, as since I have no salary there is nothing for them to deduct the money from, but I am slightly concerned they will come to me at the e http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/dla-reconsideration-good-news-1-632428.html tonydw 2011-10-22 16:03:32.32 Disability Q & A hi all after a long fight with dla they finally awarded me hrc lrm only from august when i put my new claim in i dont no if i will still have my tribunal from when i lost my dla in April but any way at least i got something  http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/CBT-on-line-1-632179.html IronicJohn 2011-10-04 08:32:04.523 Disability Q & A Has any one used Fear fighter or Beating the blues if so where they of benefit. http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Asked-for-an-SOR-but-set-aside-instead-1-631371.html Aroema 2011-10-07 23:34:32.687 Disability Q & A I got a letter from the tribunal service. It said I had applied for a set aside (I had actually requested a statement of reasons) and the judge had refused a set aside.Isn’t this a breach of procedure? http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Taking-equipment-when-we-move-1-631190.html JBTyke 2011-10-18 18:11:28.943 Disability Q & A Hi allI feel like I should know the answer to this, but as I don't I will ask you knowledgeable, experienced lot.My significant other and I (both wheelies) are about to buy a new house together in a new local authority area, after moving from our own places. short question with possib http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Electronic-cigarettes-1-631050.html hossylass 2011-09-29 21:00:48.733 Disability Q & A Ok, who has tried them, and what do you think?Anyone used them to give up the dreadful weed? http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/trabasack-wheelchair-lap-bag-1-630486.html fairysparkle 2011-10-02 16:44:52.45 Disability Q & A http://www.trabasack.co.uk/mobilityaids/wheelchair-bagsGonna get me one of those. Just in case anyone else goes, ooh, yes, that'd do the trick http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Help-with-setting-up-aerial-1-630020.html Norrin_Radd 2011-09-29 06:52:07.037 Disability Q & A I've decided to get TV in my flat and I've heard there's a way you can get help setting it up if you're disabled. Is that correct? Does anyone know how?Thanks http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Private-Lumbar-Puncture-Test-1-629023.html Dark_Divinity 2011-09-28 05:55:52.07 Disability Q & A How much (roughly/estimate) would a private lumbar puncture test cost? Anyone had one done privately? http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Will-having-DLA-awarded-help-with-ESA-tribunal-1-628486.html blueorchid2011 2011-09-26 02:12:28.85 Disability Q & A Hi hopeing that someone will be able to help with my query. I am awaiting an ESA tribunal, an oral one this time after making the mistake of having a paper one last year and being turned down. My support worker encouraged my to apply for DLA and last month with help from the CAB and her i filled in http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Warfarin-and-blood-tests-1-628389.html xSparksx 2011-09-26 03:18:21.73 Disability Q & A Hi all,My mother's just had her second pulmonary embolism, and has been told she's got to be on warfarin for life. Last time (just over two years ago) she had massive blood clots, a major cause (post-surgery), and only had it for six months.Now the pills aren't a problem - she takes dozens anyway. I http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Would-this-be-counted-as-working-1-627721.html Hurtyback 2011-10-12 00:53:40.54 Disability Q & A My claim for ESA starts on 21st October. I earn myself a bit of pin money doing on-line surveys. I guess I get between £15 and £50 per month and put in around an hour a day, on average. This money would be particularly useful when my wages stop, just to give me a bit of personal spending money for m http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Quick-Skinny-toilet-frames-1-627017.html RoseRodent 2011-09-23 17:29:03.897 Disability Q & A I am having another round of "OT knows best" later on this morning with toilets. They seem obsessed that a raised, hard, clip-on seat is the "most suitable" option for me, despite the fact that I've said any seat must be soft, not raised and must anchor on with a hinge! It seems we will once again h http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Accessible-cardigan-1-626462.html RoseRodent 2011-09-24 02:09:22.403 Disability Q & A Does anyone have a recently purchased fully zip-front cardigan? Looking for a reasonably thick cardigan, preferably a cotton or cotton-mix knit. Plain colour, something like black or navy blue so I can spill things on it LOL. Must be a full zip front with reasonable sized zip pull or somewhere that http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Youtube-Videos-Struggle-and-support-1-626427.html Dark_Divinity 2011-09-24 02:21:40.15 Disability Q & A Feel free to add videos that you think are relelvant to the struggle and difficulties of disability. :)They don't have to be your video (s) they could be of friends, family or people you know.  http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Smart-phone-apps-1-626302.html hossylass 2011-11-05 09:48:18.62 Disability Q & A Now you all know what a technophobe I am - universally useless, and spectacularly scathing about all things new.However I found this article, and even I think someof these things may be useful for those with smart phones (not what I call mine I have to admit... mine usually gets called "This stupid http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Cordless-Headphones-for-tv-1-625786.html Yvettea 2011-09-23 16:59:42.463 Disability Q & A I'm wondering how I would get on with using cordless headphones for watching tv?I am concerned about turning the sound down when the adverts come on because they are always much louder.  Sometimes programmes up the sound - for car chases and so on.So how easy would it be to turn the sound down http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Nordic-walking-poles-1-625624.html Hurtyback 2011-10-03 22:58:51.117 Disability Q & A I have seen a fizzy-ow for a chat session today and she suggested that I might find nordic walking poles better than a traditional walking stick. Her reasons for this are that the poles are telescopic and instantly adapt their length when going up and down hills; they come with a rubber ferrule for http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/stroke-help-with-shoe-1-624856.html ron101 2011-09-21 14:36:31.873 Disability Q & A Hi 2003 june 1st (8 yrs ago)i had a stroke and was in hospital for four months,now im out and used to it (ive lost the right hand side of my body foot, leg,arm and hand) ive relised that there is no way to get my right shoe on with out somebody helping me.My wife used to help me but now she has got http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Help-with-feeling-worn-out-1-624848.html reb53 2011-09-21 22:57:57.287 Disability Q & A Hi guys. New guy here.I'm a 37 year old C5/6 for 21 years due to a football injury in high school. I have been tired, lethargic, just worn out feeling for the 7-8 years. I get 8-9 hrs sleep every night so that's not it. I use the 5 hr energy, sugar free Rockstar and nothing gave me any energy. About http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Problems-with-using-the-taxi-card-scheme-1-624110.html gorbut 2011-09-22 00:03:35.583 Disability Q & A I was wondering whether anyone else in London has problems with the taxi card schemer or whether my son and daughter are just unlucky.My son has had difficulty this evening getting from a mainline station to where he is supposed to be going as he had to wait a long time for a taxi. He is worrying th http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Phone-a-friend-1-623303.html SirCumference 2011-09-20 04:24:45.597 Disability Q & A If you please, Is theLimited Capability for Work questionnaire part of the assessment process forEmployment and Support Allowance? http://forum4.aimoo.com/OuchToo/category/Interview-and-medical-questionnaire-1-622688.html Fuzzgin 2011-09-26 00:21:29.4 Disability Q & A I hope someone can help here. I don't want to go into too much background about my work situation (mostly it's boring, also I might cry). Diue to long term ill health (still working on the diagnosis but symptoms are fatigue and back pain.I've worked a fairly flexible part time job for years, 7 hours