Hello all,
So I have asperges and high functioning autism. I live my world online, other than exercising to keep myself healthy. I don't have any friends and I don't go out because I get social anxiety. I can't work at a job for the same reason plus I don't get on with "normal" people. I am articulate but I worry.
I applied for PIP and got referred to a face2face. In this she "seemed" to agree with me, certainly wrote a lot down, asked me wierd questions like spelling words backwards (I got it wrong :/) and some basic maths. She noted I was very articulate.... seems this is a problem?
Anyway I got the letter back and I have...0 points for everything.
I rang them up and asked for a re-assesment, someone phoned me but I was listening to music on headphones, they left a msg saying they would phone back, and never did.
Today I got the same letter I got before but from a different person. No points. They even say on the letter that they recognise I have a disability but they have come to the decision that I qualify for nothing.
What do I do now? I have a doctors letter and 6 months of sick notes (for ESA). I want to appeal the PIP but considering they promise to ring me, don't and just "make their decision" it seems pointless.
It worries me that an american company (ATOS) handles British government claims...surely the more people they deny the more money they make?
Thank You
