Early day motion · EDM 1688 · 31 Mar 2011

NATIONAL AUTISM SOCIETY AND CHANGES TO DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE

Tabled by Sir Alan Meale (Labour) 16 signatures

The motion

That this House is aware of the Government's decision to reduce by at least 1 billion the annual spend on disability living allowancebenefits;notes the concerns of the National Autism Society's campaign, Who Benefits, which warns that the proposed changes, in particularthe move towards face-to-face assessments, will unfairly penalise people with autism who because of their disabilities will likely be disproportionately affected by the mechanism chosen to determine their entitlement.

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