Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi,
I am new to the forum as my daughter was only diagnosed with Austistic Spectrum Disorder last summer, after a year and a half of assessments. We applied for PIP last April (I am her appointee) and have just been sent a letter saying she will not receive it, despite never going out alone and not being able to cope with communication with people other than her immediate family, and that is limited. She scored 4 points for 'engaging with other people face to face' and 4 points for 'planning and following journeys'. Zero points for everything else, despite a face to face assessment where I explained that she goes out on average once a week, sometimes less, and is always accompanied. She has lots of sensitivities, particularly with food.
Has anyone else experienced this? I am preparing an appeal. It says on the covering letter ' I realise you have a disability or health condition and receiving this decision isn't the news you were hoping for'. It's a joke.
Thank you so much le8man. You are an angel . I contacted the Law centre for London and the South East and spoke to an extremely helpful member of staff. So helpful in fact that I now have a letter to send to the tribunal office. Just have to add 1 or 2 sentences myself and attach whichever docs are necesssary . And a big thank you to the Law Centre too. Will add another post later on about my progress with the aim of helping others in the same situation. Could be a while though knowing how long these things take!