Yesterday we posted a video by ‘Bendy girl’ who writes as a disabled blogger at Benefit Scrounging Scum.

The video had such a huge response that Kaliya Franklin, who has a condition called Hypermobility syndromes (HMS) and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS), is now planning to set up a campaigning website.

She says on Twitter that she is setting up a new site called ‘Broken Of Britain’, which will look to bring together stories of disabled people being hit by the cuts to welfare.

She wrote on her blog:

To the disabled people of Great Britain. Our individual voices are too quiet to be heard, but collectively we can shout loud enough to drown out this tide of abuse against us. Disability Hate Crime, lack of full legal protection, people in care homes costing too much to be let out and not one political party willing to fight for us.

We must emulate other successful civil rights movements and with polite determination take our place as equal members of society

She also published another video to make her case

To send your stories or help with the project, email benefitscroungingscum@hotmail.co.uk for now.

Update: The blog has now been launched here: The Broken of Britain

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