What are the criteria with AS to get DLA?

zem said:

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[quote]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.[/quote]

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.

Openheart didn't seem to be asking to be exempted from any assessments: just from endless coninuous assessments. 

Claiming DLA is nothing to do with whether you are working or not or are able to: DLA is supposed to account for the extra costs a person incurs in life because of a disability, and can be claimed regardless of whether you are working or not.  So I don't see why the fact that not eveyone with autism is unable to work is relevant to the thread.

I don't see how even awarding somebody DLA for life would be "consigning them to the scrap heap" either: it would just be saying that they are likely to continue incurring extra costs because of their disability for life.

Are there "endless continuous assessments" for DLA?

I certainly am not being endlessly continually assessed, and I'm on DLA.

Therefore I guessed he must be talking about something else.

Appologies if I'm wrong.

zem said:

[quote][/quote]

[quote]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.[/quote]

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.

Openheart didn't seem to be asking to be exempted from any assessments: just from endless coninuous assessments. 

Claiming DLA is nothing to do with whether you are working or not or are able to: DLA is supposed to account for the extra costs a person incurs in life because of a disability, and can be claimed regardless of whether you are working or not.  So I don't see why the fact that not eveyone with autism is unable to work is relevant to the thread.

I don't see how even awarding somebody DLA for life would be "consigning them to the scrap heap" either: it would just be saying that they are likely to continue incurring extra costs because of their disability for life.

Are there "endless continuous assessments" for DLA?

I certainly am not being endlessly continually assessed, and I'm on DLA.

Therefore I guessed he must be talking about something else.

Appologies if I'm wrong.