"Personal independence" refers to the ability and freedom to make decisions and take actions without relying on others. It means being self-sufficient, having control over one's own life choices, and not being dependent on someone else for support or decisions.
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She has made it a priority that her projects stay approachable and accessible to a large audience, interacting with people in a way that establishes creativity as a vehicle
towards personal independence.
And more recently the cruelties inspired by delays and incompetence in the assessment of severely disabled people under the new schemes
for Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) and Employment Support Allowances (ESAs) have occupied my attention.
It confirms the Budget will slash an eye - watering # 4,100 a year from 290,000 disabled people as they are disqualified
from Personal Independence Payments (PIP).
The Labour leader made his stinging remarks after the Work and Pensions Secretary - who has been slashing welfare since 2010 - claimed
slashing Personal Independence Payments (PIP) was a «compromise too far».
There are many resources such as credit repair firms, blogs, classes and free downloadable eBooks such as «A Student's Guide to Credit», which teaches students credit basics and gives strategies to build and maintain credit to help
achieve personal independence.
Charities warned
cutting Personal Independence Payments (PIP) would be «devastating» after the move was confirmed last Friday by Disabilities Minister Justin Tomlinson.
Now add in these: disability living allowance starts converting
into personal independence payment with a target to remove 500,000 people in new Atos medical tests.»
When Capita begins its contract, in June, to assess claimants for the new disability benefit, known
as personal independence payment (PIP), all of the assessment centres will be located on the ground floor.
Some Coalition figures fear that MPs chosen through the primary process, such as Sarah Wollaston in Totnes, may have too
much personal independence from the party whips.
The petition says: «The Government has its targets set on the disabled, looking to slash the disability benefit bill by
reducing Personal Independence Payments drastically for hundreds of people and replacing some with vouchers.
Standing postures are perfect for this holiday, as they were designed to cultivate strength and balance, two traits that
foster personal independence.
Ward is president of the Coalition of Responsible Disabled, a nonprofit state organization that assists the disabled in retrofitting homes to
allow personal independence and does advocacy work in the state legislature.
Thomas More was ready to die for his beliefs, Pico went so far as to approach Savonarola toward the end of his short life, and Erasmus stubbornly and ingeniously pursued a course
between personal independence and a refusal to abandon tradition.
The line of human progress up till now has been «the forming and re-forming of communities on the basis of
growing personal independence» — «functional autonomy, mutual recognition and mutual responsibility.»
«The compensation,» writes a German author, «for the loss of that sense of
personal independence which man so unwillingly gives up, is the disappearance of all fear from one's life, the quite indescribable and inexplicable feeling of an inner security, which one can only experience, but which, once it has been experienced, one can never forget.»
«David Cameron must urgently get a grip of this chaotic department to
avoid personal independence payments going the same way as the crisis - hit Universal Credit programme.»
If he were to
get Personal Independence Payments (PIP) he would be eligible to get another # 229.20 per month, or # 342.40 if he were on an enhanced rate.
Once in the workforce, they free themselves of their reliance on public benefits and have the ability to
attain personal independence and economic self - sufficiency.»
The public accounts committee report paints a picture of a benefit decision - making system which collapsed into chaos, with Atos taking up to eight months to decide about people's entitlement
for personal independence payments (PIP).
We've forced them back on tax credits, forced them back on police cuts, forced them back
on personal independence payments for those with disabilities, forced them back when they tried to
On the proposals to cut # 1.3 bn
from Personal Independence Payments, the former Tory leader said: «Juxtaposed as it came through in the Budget, that is deeply unfair and was perceived to be unfair.
So, «Some Coalition figures fear that MPs chosen through the primary process... may have too
much personal independence from the party whips.»
Standing postures are perfect for this holiday, as they were designed to cultivate strength and balance — two traits that
foster personal independence.
For instance, individualistic people (such as Europeans and Americans),
value personal independence, whereas collectivists (Asians, many African cultures) value duty to a group, specifically to one's family.2 How do you relate to your family and close others compared to her approach?
The government hopes to save # 1.2 billion by making the formula used to calculate the daily living component
of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) «fairer».
I'm not sure if I would buy into your definition of the meaning of unity as «the responsible expression of
personal independence.»
But a healthy, functioning relationship always requires that each party possesses a healthy,
personal independence.
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