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Benefits: how do you get them?

Laddo

I have been working on and off since I was 17 and in the past couple of years I have come to realise I simply cannot do it without proper support. The trouble is, due to the way my mother has treated me and my Aspergers and how she refused to help me understand my condition better, I have gone through much of my life pretending to myself and others that I don't have an ASD. I know I need help, but I find it so difficult to talk about my Aspergers as I have been raised in such a way that has made me ashamed of who I am.

Anyway, I think I could really do with some benefits. I know as someone with an ASD I am entitled to certain benefits, but was wondering just how you can actually get them. I would just ask at my local Jobcentre, but the majority of the staff there do not seem as if they would be sensitive or understanding of my condition. They are, after all, trained to get people off benefits through any means necessary as opposed to actively helping get people into work.

Does anyone have any tips on how to get the support I need from DWP? Also any tips on better recognition of my condition from GPs would be great

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  • I used to work for DHSS many years ago. A lot of the problems with staff stem from the constant abuse they get from lots of people all day. Not ASD people.

     I would suggest calling at the beginning of the day and early in the week. The hard exterior is easier to overcome.

    Be pleasant, overly so if possible. Enquire about their health, how their day is going. Use the random act of kindness approach. It's a lousy job at times, and they do it to pay the bills. Remember how you might feel if sworn at and threatened. I know you would be polite, but so many people are not.

    It calls on all the skills we lack most, but, prepare and hope and smile a lot. Andif all else fails appeal, in writing. That moves your case to a higher member of staff.

    Good luck

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  • I used to work for DHSS many years ago. A lot of the problems with staff stem from the constant abuse they get from lots of people all day. Not ASD people.

     I would suggest calling at the beginning of the day and early in the week. The hard exterior is easier to overcome.

    Be pleasant, overly so if possible. Enquire about their health, how their day is going. Use the random act of kindness approach. It's a lousy job at times, and they do it to pay the bills. Remember how you might feel if sworn at and threatened. I know you would be polite, but so many people are not.

    It calls on all the skills we lack most, but, prepare and hope and smile a lot. Andif all else fails appeal, in writing. That moves your case to a higher member of staff.

    Good luck

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