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Well its day 2 of one month before heart break and I sit here trying to think how I can write this. Why is this a struggle for me I hear you ask. There is a number of reasons for this and some are easy to answer others are not so easy. What concerns me the most is not why I have struggle to get up this morning and have spent the whole day trying to recover from yesterday which to most people was just a normal day at work. What concerns me is people do not feel this campaign is important and us disabled people banging on about cuts that haven’t happen yet are not important. As one person put to me yesterday Mark, what you worried about the government haven't said they going to cut the DLA yet, have they?  I felt like just giving up at that point. So we should just sit back and wait until it’s too late before campaigning? Do people not see how important DLA is to me and many disabled people and just want stress and worry this is causing us? Well, let me put you in the picture.

I thought for 3 years to get my DLA and got refused 3 times also. It took me to struggle to get home for Christmas in 2005 to see my family falling over getting off a bus breaking my leg leaving me with metal plates in my leg to support my weight just to get my DLA, I struggled all my life with my cerebral palsy I don’t ask for much I work as much as I can and am allowed by health and safety. I am constantly told that I can’t do stuff and being disabled to lead a normal life whatever normal is. DLA helps me do this as much as I can. Without it I may as well give up. I know one thing without it I wouldn’t be able to work at all. Why is this the case? The Car for one thing. Without my mobility car I couldn’t get to the local shops. I may only live a mile from the local shops and for most people walking this isn’t a problem but for me its next to impossible and would take me most the day just to try. There are many disabled people who do work and try their best to work full time. Many know me I really do struggle at work and bashing people over the head with legal rights is not always the best option. I realise that I have to accept my limitations but don’t take more away from me and other disabled people like me. My DLA means a lot to me and gives me some sort of life where I can go to work and do my part and pay my bills etc.

I don’t ask for much and I am always happy to help those in need I have 3 voluntary jobs also so I can help others. All I asking is for you to support out campaign and not to take DLA from 100s if not 1000s of disabled people who rely on that money just to lead a normal life. I would love to be able to write a massive long blog post at yet I not even managed to been able to cook myself anything to eat today so really do have to save the little energy I have to do that. Just please do pass this blog post on to everyone you know as we need to get this campaign recognised by the media. The threat is real don’t ignore it. People say to me the world would be a worse place without me being here by not supporting this campaign that just may happen as I just don’t know just how I going to manage without the little help I get at the moment.