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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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