RNIB has produced some short films with blind people who are concerned about the changes from Disability Living Allowance, DLA, to Personal Independence Payment, PIP.
The films give an insight into what blind people use their DLA on and how vital it is to their lives. Terri, Siobhan and David who feature in the films each face different challenges and their DLA helps them to face these challenges.
The department for work and pensions consultation on the new PIP criteria is due to close on 30 April.
RNIB believes the criteria for the new benefit fails to recognise that sight loss is a serious disability and that people face extensive extra costs if they can’t see – and it could ultimately remove tens of millions of pounds from blind and partially sighted people.
The charity says changes to benefits payments will hit blind and partially sighted people hard. To find out more see RNIB’s campaign on the website www.rnib.org.uk/pip. The films can be viewed at http://www.rnib.org.uk/getinvolved/campaign/yourmoney/personalindependence/Pages/PIP_films.aspx.
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