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Disability & Society
Volume 27, Issue 5, 2012
Reaping the benefits of sickness? Long-term illness and the experience of welfare claims
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DOI:10.1080/09687599.2012.669107Patricia de Wolfea*
pages 617-630
Publishing models and article dates explained
Received: 21 Mar 2011
Accepted: 19 May 2011
Published online: 27 Apr 2012
Abstract
This article documents the experience of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) in claiming sickness-related benefits in the United Kingdom.
Based on responses to an enquiry on an email noticeboard, it focuses on the work and stress involved in making a claim; the felt stigma of being a claimant; and the strong desire to return to paid employment.
The paper also notes the lack of documentation of the experience of making claims for, and of living as, a claimant of these benefits, and argues for the importance of research in this area, especially given that tightened criteria are currently generating even greater anxiety and risk of impoverishment.
Volume 27, Issue 5, 2012
Reaping the benefits of sickness? Long-term illness and the experience of welfare claims
Access options
DOI:10.1080/09687599.2012.669107Patricia de Wolfea*
pages 617-630
Publishing models and article dates explained
Received: 21 Mar 2011
Accepted: 19 May 2011
Published online: 27 Apr 2012
Abstract
This article documents the experience of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) in claiming sickness-related benefits in the United Kingdom.
Based on responses to an enquiry on an email noticeboard, it focuses on the work and stress involved in making a claim; the felt stigma of being a claimant; and the strong desire to return to paid employment.
The paper also notes the lack of documentation of the experience of making claims for, and of living as, a claimant of these benefits, and argues for the importance of research in this area, especially given that tightened criteria are currently generating even greater anxiety and risk of impoverishment.