On Crip Wisdom: Surviving the erosion of the welfare state

‘I want a life where my crip friends and family, collaborators, mentees and mentors get to do more than just barely survive. The cuts to PIP that the Labour government have proposed show a blatant disregard of what it costs to be disabled – not only the additional £1010 per month required by the average disabled household to achieve the same standard of living as a non-disabled household, as calculated by Scope, but the cost to our lives, our dignity. Despite seeing us as potential workhorses in a fictional land of jobs, they show a total lack of regard for our wisdom.’

Abi Palmer reflects on a life spent in the welfare system in a piece supported by DASH (@dashdisabilityarts) to explore the impact of PIP cuts on disabled artists.

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