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DLA to PIP ATOS Assessment - Experiences?

littleredfish

Hi!

My brother is moving from DLA Higher Care Lower Mobility to PIP. Complied the forms and gave lots of information about the difficulties he has faced and sent in supporting evidence.

He has been called for an interview at an ATOS Healthcare assessment centre. This will be a disaster. He likely will not even get out of the car, would throw up, be unpredictable and lord knows how he will answer any questions. How do they deal with refusals to get out of the car or somone who will say nothing or say "I am bored now let's get out of here".

I would welcome any tales of experiences good and bad. What do they ask and so forth and what do you do if the person can't speak.

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  • The are supposed to be cutting the amount of money spent on PIP so they are looking at everyone when they transfer from DLA to PIP, regardless if you are an adult or child becomming an adult.

    On the good side you get DLA rates that transfer directly to PIP payments so in theory it should just be a matter of admin to transfer it across. If you were getting lower rate care its likely you would just lose it totally

    You are entitled to make the PIP assessor come to your house if your brother cant leave it. The pros are its less stressful for you and your brother and the assessor can see how he lives the cons are it usually takes a few weeks longer for the assessment so you may get money withheld but it will get backdated if awarded, and the post above listed that they wont see what he is like away from the house.

    There seems to be less issues with people the system already knows about than new people, as it would look stupid as just because he had a birthday suddenly his disability goes away.

    I think you might be plesently suprised as it seems to me that if you fill the forms in correctly i dont see why he isnt getting higher rate mobility. If he is unable to walk outside safely on his own, that is what the mobility part is for. not just for people in wheelchairs. Is he likely to walk into the road, get lost, get stressed and be of danger to himself or others. You need to think of what others his age do.

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  • The are supposed to be cutting the amount of money spent on PIP so they are looking at everyone when they transfer from DLA to PIP, regardless if you are an adult or child becomming an adult.

    On the good side you get DLA rates that transfer directly to PIP payments so in theory it should just be a matter of admin to transfer it across. If you were getting lower rate care its likely you would just lose it totally

    You are entitled to make the PIP assessor come to your house if your brother cant leave it. The pros are its less stressful for you and your brother and the assessor can see how he lives the cons are it usually takes a few weeks longer for the assessment so you may get money withheld but it will get backdated if awarded, and the post above listed that they wont see what he is like away from the house.

    There seems to be less issues with people the system already knows about than new people, as it would look stupid as just because he had a birthday suddenly his disability goes away.

    I think you might be plesently suprised as it seems to me that if you fill the forms in correctly i dont see why he isnt getting higher rate mobility. If he is unable to walk outside safely on his own, that is what the mobility part is for. not just for people in wheelchairs. Is he likely to walk into the road, get lost, get stressed and be of danger to himself or others. You need to think of what others his age do.

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