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Universal basic income

I believe there should be an universal basic income a guaranteed income regardless of the situation the main reason I would support this is that its a way out of the benefit trap especially for disabled people.  It would give disabled people the chance to try out a certain job one that they stereotypically did not go and do before and if it did not work out they could go back on the universal basic income thing and they could try again.  This income would reduce the discrimination of blind people, three quarters of the visually impaired are unemployed as the discussion with the employer would be more honest as the employer would be more likely to give the disabled person the job to try knowing that if it did not work out there was a safety net for that person in those discussions which are not had now the employer would get to learn about the situation of the disabled person and in the future might see a roll for person and therefore getting a more diverse workforce which can ...

disability

I decided to attend a display of technical equipment for people who have a disability today it was in Llandudno and it was quite interesting really I didn't find anything that would help with being able to see some kind of print better but I managed to sort out a couple of other things. I gather its possible to get a screen reader that reads Welsh at a price which is a shame as there are free ones on the net that read English but there are no free ones on the net that read Welsh. I have also been having problems with the buses regarding the ticket machine which is difficult to hear at times and the guy in the exhibition understood my plight and said its the fault of the old machines that they have, my problem is regarding the noise it makes when putting my pass on it sometimes the noise it difficult to hear and the light is also difficult to see.  They are going to get new machines in the future it seams but I guess we will have to struggle on for while I suggested the machines h...