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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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  • IntenseWorld said:
    Is there a more AS-aware organisation than CAB to help with the adult one (seeing as there are plenty of places to go for children but none I am aware of for adults)?  I do have co-morbid mental health issues BTW, in common with at least 70% of people with ASCs.

    Unfortunately, like so many things, the advice and help you can get varies very much from area to area.

    If you happen to live or near Cambridge, then I can tell you that Cambridge CAB is excellent, and that there will soon be a 'drop in centre' in Fulborn.

    But, that's not to say that such provisions will exist anywhere else, or be as good.

    Also, on the subject of a given % of ESA claims failing, it is a known fact that when the ESA was first introduced ATOS were under instruction to fail a certain percentage of WCAs. I believe this was supposedly changed, but I suspect that they simply reworded the way the WCAs are meant to be implemented whilst keeping the effect of failing a certain % the same.

    And, yes, it has been stated many times, even by prominant politicians, that such a system almost certainly ends up costing more because the cost of the appeals process.

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  • IntenseWorld said:
    Is there a more AS-aware organisation than CAB to help with the adult one (seeing as there are plenty of places to go for children but none I am aware of for adults)?  I do have co-morbid mental health issues BTW, in common with at least 70% of people with ASCs.

    Unfortunately, like so many things, the advice and help you can get varies very much from area to area.

    If you happen to live or near Cambridge, then I can tell you that Cambridge CAB is excellent, and that there will soon be a 'drop in centre' in Fulborn.

    But, that's not to say that such provisions will exist anywhere else, or be as good.

    Also, on the subject of a given % of ESA claims failing, it is a known fact that when the ESA was first introduced ATOS were under instruction to fail a certain percentage of WCAs. I believe this was supposedly changed, but I suspect that they simply reworded the way the WCAs are meant to be implemented whilst keeping the effect of failing a certain % the same.

    And, yes, it has been stated many times, even by prominant politicians, that such a system almost certainly ends up costing more because the cost of the appeals process.

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