DIGNIFIED, ACCESSIBLE SUPPORT FOR DISABLED PEOPLE AND

This is the result of the barriers disabled people face to work and the low paid and part time nature of work, combined with the very low levels of income from the social security system. [...] This is the result of the barriers disabled people face to work, the low paid and part time nature of work, and the very low level of income available from the social security system. [...] Our separate research with the Scottish Centre for Social Research found that these issues often related to the stress and anxiety caused by the process, such as the lack of expertise of assessors, and the repetitive questioning which had serious impacts on people’s mental health, and suggested a correlation between barriers to support and causing conditions to worsen.17 ‘It's dehumanising and it'. [...] The flaws in the disability benefits system, such as incorrect decisions and the ordeal of applying, are one key reason why the majority (62%) of disabled households referred to food banks in the Trussell Trust network are not receiving any benefits specifically related to their disability. [...] Devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Responsibility for disability benefits such as ADP sits with the Scottish Government, who must continue to learn from the roll-out of these benefits and address many of the shared system failures which effect the wider disability benefits regime in the UK – such as long waits and incorrect decisions.