Category Archives: Advice

Scam Calls

By: A.C. My wife and I decided to modernise our telephones at Christmas.   Family wanted us on What’s App, or whatever, and our sturdy tried and tested Star Trek style flip- phones were getting past it.  Excellent for simple messaging … Continue reading

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Dah Sing Bank Scam

By: A.C. The letter arrived in a neat windowed DL envelope with a North Yorkshire postmark.  It was headed the Dah Sing Bank Hong Hong.    I read about four lines and it was consigned to the shredder.  The writer, who … Continue reading

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Guest Post: Podiatry and Diabetic Foot Screening

By. Aberdeen City Podiatry Clinic Diabetes is a lifelong condition which can cause foot problems. Some of these problems can occur because the nerves and blood vessels supplying your feet aredamaged. This can affect: feeling in your feet (called ‘peripheral neuropathy’) … Continue reading

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Blue Badge Scam

By: A.C. I recently became aware of a scam that affects Blue Badge applicants in Aberdeen. It is a very simple, cynical and convincing scam that involves paying £49 for what is a £20 Blue Badge– if one qualifies in the … Continue reading

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Insurance for Disabled Drivers

By: A.C. Like many teenagers, when I was young I was bursting to get my own wheels.   I started with a Heinkel three wheel bubble car, which was sold fairly quickly to a bubble–car enthusiast. Then I moved to motor bikes, … Continue reading

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Home or Cinema – Autism Friendly Screenings

By: A.C. I am sure that many of our readers, have a lot their technology worked out to give them the best experience for watching movies or their favourite TV series.  Some may have Chromecast, Amazon Fire, Now TV,  Netflix as … Continue reading

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PIP Criteria and Descriptors

Editor’s Note: We are often asked what exactly the criteria for various benefits are before people start the application process. With this in mind, we have compiled a list of the descriptors of peoples’ abilities as used in the assessment. … Continue reading

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Blue Badge Eligibility

By: A.C. I noticed this story in Disability News Service recently. Its rather shouty headline refers to the situation in England where the author of the article relates his opinion on the allocation of Blue badges, as it concerns those in … Continue reading

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Supermarket Delivery and Charges

<Editor’s Note: If you do shop online, then why not help us by raising donations via Easyfundraising.org? The donations come from the retailers you’re already buying from, so will only cost you a couple of clicks more than it would … Continue reading

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National Entitlement Card

By: A.C. In researching another article, I was reminded that many disabled people already have The National Entitlement Card, which allows people aged 60+ and people with a disability to travel for free on local or Scottish long distance buses. Transport … Continue reading

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