AS a person who lives with MS, disability benefits are vital in helping me to live a full and independent life.
But recent changes to the benefits system have made it more difficult for me to access support.
I started receiving disabiltity benefits in 2013.
Three years later, after a reassessment, I was told I no longer qualified for the highest rates of support.
Even though MS is a condition I will nbever get better from I was forced to hand back my Motability car which I had relied on to take my son to school, get to hospital appointments and into town to do volunteering work.
I appealed the decision and it was eventuality overturned.
But the lengthy process was incredibly stressful and demoralising.
My health suffered as a result.
There are more than 13m disabled people in the UK.
On average we spend an extra £550-a-month more on living costs because of our conditions.
Living with MS is hard enough.
It shouldn't be made harder by a welfare system that doesn't make sense.
Sue Hughes from Chester.
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