'If I get too cold I can get ill,' says Laura Smith, who lives with MS. 'My symptoms get so bad that I can’t move and am at much higher risk of falling.'
“I’m trying not to panic but we are not managing,” says nurse Laura Smith, who lives with her husband Neil, a social worker, and their two children. “I don’t know how this is going to resolve itself.”
Like many people in the UK, the family has been impacted by rising energy costs, but not putting the heating on isn’t an option for Laura as it can worsen her MS symptoms. These ‘warm spaces’ are provided by councils and local communities and include libraries, churches and community centres. are constantly worried about bills.Disabled people often earn less and face higher living costs, according to Sense, which means the cost of living crisis has hit this group particularly hard.
Yet the necessity of specialist equipment doesn’t change how much it costs to run and, due to increased energy prices, 18% of disabled people have said they’re reducing their usage of such equipment.Such pressures are causing huge emotional and physical strains – 39% of those surveyed admitted their physical health has gotten worse and 63% said their mental health has worsened.
Richard Kramer, chief executive of Sense, said: “The government cannot sit back and watch for a second winter, as more disabled people are forced into debt and ill-health.
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