"We contribute" is the message from disabled people in Merton who feel they are being unfairly pitched against public services in the council's plan to save £32m.

Cuts to adult social services in Merton between 2015 and 2019 could be up to £14m, a consultation document released by the council has revealed.

Lyla Adwan-Kamara, chief executive of Merton's Centre for Independent Living (Merton CIL), said the savings would equate to disabled and elderly people losing a day and a half of support every week.

Slim Flegg MBE, a former Merton councillor and mayor who uses a wheelchair, said: "Disabled people contribute so much to life. I have worked for 27 years and since I had to stop in 1979 I have worked in the voluntary sector. I contribute.

"Don't put us like we are against other people who are struggling. It doesn't mean that I don't care about parents or buggies or parks. I don't want to live in a society like that.

"Anything that's done to help a disabled person benefits the community at large.

"It benefits the parents with their buggies, people with limited sight and the elderly who need mobility, so whatever you are doing to help disabled people you will benefit from yourself tomorrow and if you don't do it today, who will listen? So do it today."

Merton's Cabinet approved a business plan on Monday night indicating where up to £5m of savings to adult social services can be found. Councillor Mark Allison, cabinet member for finance, said the council would look to a scrutiny panel in January to help them decide where further cuts will fall.

Responding to the business plan last night, musician and wheelchair user John Kelly said: "It's not about extra or different.

"It's about the same as everyone else. The cuts don't make economic sense because the way I manage my life is cheaper than going into a care home.

"The impact on my life is that I will have less choice and less control. When I get up in the morning I have a choice about what socks I put on and what time I get up and who does it, just like everyone else.

"It's actually about the quality of my life and these proposals are making me not well. We never know what is around the corner but they are creating change without knowing what's going to be in place tomorrow."

A consultation on adult social care cuts was launched by the council this week and will run until February 2.

Carole Mathurin, a carer for her 34-year-old daughter with learning disabilities, said if Merton loses its day centres, where her daughter spends 14 hours a week, "you are going to get an awful lot of people sitting with their parents at home."

Merton CIL members met with Siobhain McDonagh MP yesterday to express their concern and to ask her to help us ensure the council has a genuine, inclusive, and accessible consultation with residents.

To take part in the consultation, visit merton.gov.uk/health-social-care/adult-social-care/adult-social-care-consultation.htm.