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British
girl with one leg told she's not disabled enough
Friday March 25, 2011 02:53:23 PM,
IANS
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London: A
10-year-old British girl, whose one leg was amputated due to
meningitis, has been told that benefits given to her would be
stopped because she was "very mobile" and could play sports.
Olivia Porter has a prosthetic right limb. She also cannot use her
right arm and says the false leg is often painful.
But the department of work and pensions has said in a letter that
Olivia's monthly 281-pound disability living allowance and
26-pound mobility allowance were being stopped, The Sun reported.
A spokeswoman from the work and pensions department said: "We have
been told Olivia is very mobile and can play contact sports,
including girls' rugby and netball. We do not accept she is
disabled as claimed."
A subsidised car her family uses for hospital trips is also being
taken away.
Olivia's aunt Sheryl Robertson, who has cared for her since her
mother died in 2002, said the department axed the benefits on the
basis of a telephone conversation with a teacher.
Sheryl, 32, of Rugby, Warwickshire, said: "How disabled do you
have to be?"
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