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What are the criteria with AS to get DLA?

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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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  • openheart said:
    So why can no one campaign(NAS) and say certain diagnosed conditions (AUTISM)  should be exempt from continous (target) assessment taking into account the condition.  The pressure is too much for me.

    The problem with that is that not everyone with Autism (or most other diagnoses) is completely unable to work, and many of us do find that things improve over time, with the right support.

    Should (a) a person be consigned to the scrap heap of life, and (b) the taxpayer continue to support a person that no longer needs it, simply because of that person's diagnosis?

    In fact, I am on the other side of the fence altogether - I would love to get back into work, but find that there is nothing in place to meet the support I would need to do so, and so I'm left alone, by the system, to rot.

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  • openheart said:
    So why can no one campaign(NAS) and say certain diagnosed conditions (AUTISM)  should be exempt from continous (target) assessment taking into account the condition.  The pressure is too much for me.

    The problem with that is that not everyone with Autism (or most other diagnoses) is completely unable to work, and many of us do find that things improve over time, with the right support.

    Should (a) a person be consigned to the scrap heap of life, and (b) the taxpayer continue to support a person that no longer needs it, simply because of that person's diagnosis?

    In fact, I am on the other side of the fence altogether - I would love to get back into work, but find that there is nothing in place to meet the support I would need to do so, and so I'm left alone, by the system, to rot.

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