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PIP - Anyone successful with a Life Time Award

NAS62686

PIP renewal time is coming around again.... Last time I was awarded zero points, but put an official complaint in against the assessor who came to my house, as she blatantly lied all the way through her assessment. 
as my complaint was quite serious and I had medical proof she had lied. I suddenly had my application revisited and was awarded maximum for care and low for mobility.

i was wondering if anybody had been successful in claiming PIP for 10 years or life time award? Seeing as my autism is never going to go away, I want to prevent the stress of having to keep going through this every 3 years.

Looking forward to hearing from you all x

  • No, I got the three years. To be honest, despite all the evidence I had carefully collated re Autism, the assessor ignored it all. I have done physical difficulties which is the only reason I was awarded it. 
    I kept asking for questions to be repeated or made more specific as I didn’t understand them but the assessor stated that I hadn’t once needed clarification. It’s a terrible system.  

  • in reply to Robert124

    I partially agree with you, and sympathise.  It's painstaking to get awards.  It's also a lot less likely to achieve unless there's some substantial evidence showing the person is extremely vulnerable (e.g. hospitalisation, inability to feed themselves properly, significant medical problems etc).  I know there are some who need it more than I do who don't get it, but I've met people who need it equally or greater than I do, and have got it: they've been in the care system for several years and/or since childhood.  Anyone not already receiving support is probably unlikely to get awards, unless at a lower rate.  I had a friend who was on the same benefits as me have her benefits lowered when she went onto PIP, because she doesn't receive support and lives on her own.  

  • in reply to Robert124

    I agree with this. My cousin told me about her friend who doesn't seem to have any serious problems managed to get it by answering the ideal answers in order to score the most points. This could easily be done by someone who is good at lying. On the other hand I feel that my ASD causes me to downplay my difficulties and have heard that the assessors would be to take advantage of this and put words in your mouth and with ASD we are more likely to just agree with them

  • I am another zero points person.

    My conclusion is that PIP,  like many discretionary awards,  does not go to the people who need it most, but to the people who make the best case for needing it.

    Unfortunately,  we, almost by definition,  are not very good at articulating our difficulties. 

  • Might not be the answer you want to hear but nope. I also have a physical disability which limits me a lot and have applied for pip 3 times with no help and was turned down, this time I have an advocate and we are at tribunal stage. The tribunal was booked 1st April but cancelled due to lockdown. My assessor also lied. I won't go into the physical lies as not relevant to your questions but with regards to autism the report said. I was very clever as I was balancing an object in my hand - This was a fidget spinner and I was stimming, I don't take medication to cure autism - Yes there is a cure, shame nobody in the medical profession has heard of it. I could go on forever with the stupid comments they put about autism, complete idiots. Oh I did get 2 points because I can't read and write, yes I did just write this myself lol

  • That sounds awful I'm sorry to hear that it was so hard

  • I just got my assessment results back and was awarded 2 points total. Absolute nonsense. No one cares, wish i had never been diagnosed it just makes everything harder, at least i could struggle through life as a weirdo before now i have an official diagnosis so no one will help me with anything, but they like to pretend they will.