Category Archives: Disability

Good Law Project: Tufton Street!!! Disabled kids!!!

Posted on September 11, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

Should the (Not Very) Good Law Project be diverting money away from abandoned puppies to fund Jolyon Maugham’s mid-life crisis? I don’t think so either. My latest investigation on daft money in lawfare has found that the Good Law Project … Continue reading →

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Cochlear implants: an update from Wonky Junior

Posted on February 25, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

Today is International Cochlear Implant Day. If you’ve not heard of cochlear implants, they are an amazing technology that enables profoundly deaf children and adults to ‘hear’ sound, and so learn to communicate primarily by speech (often supplemented by lip-reading … Continue reading →

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Personal Independence Payment – a saga

Posted on November 9, 2019 by wonkypolicywonk

This post – about my son’s recent reassessment for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) by the DWP – will only be of interest to those applying for PIP or advising those doing so, and is posted in case it is helpful … Continue reading →

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Cochlear implants: as told by Wonky Junior

Posted on February 25, 2018 by wonkypolicywonk

Today is international #CochlearImplantDay. If you’ve not heard of cochlear implants, they are an amazing technology that enables an increasing number of profoundly deaf children and adults to ‘hear’ sound, and so learn to communicate primarily by speech (often supplemented … Continue reading →

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