[Closed] Oh dear, daughters PIP forms have landed....

lovewookie · 2018-05-17T16:32:54Z

Daughter diagnosed with Aspergers at 13, recieved DLA until that was changed to PIP. At 16 was required to attend an assessment in the city. Needed us to coach her to get there, what to expect etc, ended up just taking her in and her mum escorting her to keep her ok. Assessment was a list of leading questions like, 'you can cook a meal can't you?' (on her worst, she'll curl up in bed, or just forget to eat, best, she'll give it a go, with constant reassurance from us). Scored 0 points and was refused PIP having been assessed along the lines of 'she looks alright to me'. We won on appeal 6 months, lots of stress and financial strain later. Now normally for Aspergers or other lifelong conditions she'd be automatically entitled to PIP, but because we won on appeal, now she's 18 she has to re-apply. I'm a bit nervous about it all to be honest. The prospect of being told after all the effort we need to put in to allow our girl to function the way she wants to, in the real world, that she doesn't require assistance to function is a big cloud. Still, we did win last time, so it should make it easier, maybe :-/

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lovewookie

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great news, must be a hell of a relief.

if only the system didn't put everyone involved in the application through the grinder along the way things would be much better.

Posted : 05/03/2019 10:21 am

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