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What are the criteria with AS to get DLA?

IntenseWorld

Has anybody with ASD (adult) got DLA and what rate is normally awarded for AS?  I haven't had a reply yet but my eldest's DLA was refused so now I don't hold much hope that they will grant mine.

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  • I also get both the lowest care and lowest support DLA rates. It's not a huge amount of money, but it definitely makes a difference, and I'm sure I would find life much much harder without it.

    Now, what advice I can give you, IntenseWorld is, I'm afraid, not a great deal.

    Like everything else in the benefits system it, on the face of it, is not set up to cater for people on the Autistic Spectrum who don't also have secondary physical or mental health conditions.

    However, that is not to say you can not get it.

    It's unfortunately a matter of 'playing the game' and writing the right things on the DLA application form.

    My advice would have been to go to your local CAB or other advice center and ask them to assist you in filling out the form, but it sounds like you've already sent the form in.

    If this is the case then, IIRC, you can re-apply after, I think, 6 months, so unless they've brought in PIP by then (I forget when that's coming in), and your claim is refused, then, as I say, go to the CAB, get help with it, and apply again then.

    Likewise for your eldest.

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  • I also get both the lowest care and lowest support DLA rates. It's not a huge amount of money, but it definitely makes a difference, and I'm sure I would find life much much harder without it.

    Now, what advice I can give you, IntenseWorld is, I'm afraid, not a great deal.

    Like everything else in the benefits system it, on the face of it, is not set up to cater for people on the Autistic Spectrum who don't also have secondary physical or mental health conditions.

    However, that is not to say you can not get it.

    It's unfortunately a matter of 'playing the game' and writing the right things on the DLA application form.

    My advice would have been to go to your local CAB or other advice center and ask them to assist you in filling out the form, but it sounds like you've already sent the form in.

    If this is the case then, IIRC, you can re-apply after, I think, 6 months, so unless they've brought in PIP by then (I forget when that's coming in), and your claim is refused, then, as I say, go to the CAB, get help with it, and apply again then.

    Likewise for your eldest.

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