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Keiran Fleming

Glasgow woman with MS calls Scottish Government disability assessment 'cruel'

A Glasgow woman has described part of the new Adult Disability Payment (ADP) assessment process as 'cruel' and backs calls to scrap the 20 metre rule.

Catriona Halket, 65, suffers from MS and believes the Government's ruling that anyone who can walk more than 20 metres, even with aids, will no longer qualify for the highest rate of the PIP mobility support is hampering her independence.

The woman from Knightswood has relied on the support since she was first diagnosed in 2000.

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