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Have any adults managed to get DLA?

stranger

This is really starting to piss me off now:

I receive low rate care and mobility for sight imapirment. Despite me having Autism and associated sensory issues, they have decided that these should not be an issue. Part of their argument seems to be "you were born with it, so you should have adapted now". Except, that's not true. I was not born with hyperacusis, which they have decided I do not need help with. Er, it causes meltdowns. They claim they can't take things into account which may happen. Going by that logic, I shouldn't be able to claim DLA on the basis on not being to cook a meal because I may burn myself.

It seems as though they've ignored everything that I've written on my forms. They also used a medical report which was written in May last year - it's irrelevant now.

Parents

  • I get low mobility because I usually need someone to go places with me.  The reason I applied was for help with keeping a vehicle as I cannot use public transport but that does not come into their criteria. All the questions seem to assume that everything you need is in walking distance for people so they only ask about walking.  There is nothing I need within the distance I can walk, it is just houses and more houses.

    You will probably laugh at my lack of cynicism here, but I am hoping PIP will recognise that people cannot walk everywhere even without a disability and ask other questions about transport.

    They only look through certain windows and if your difficulties cannot be seen through those windows then they don't see it at all.

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  • I get low mobility because I usually need someone to go places with me.  The reason I applied was for help with keeping a vehicle as I cannot use public transport but that does not come into their criteria. All the questions seem to assume that everything you need is in walking distance for people so they only ask about walking.  There is nothing I need within the distance I can walk, it is just houses and more houses.

    You will probably laugh at my lack of cynicism here, but I am hoping PIP will recognise that people cannot walk everywhere even without a disability and ask other questions about transport.

    They only look through certain windows and if your difficulties cannot be seen through those windows then they don't see it at all.

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