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Turned down for PIP

shygal84

Hi, I don't know what to do or how to cope.. am in such a state.  Today i received the dreaded brown letter from DWP informing me i have been turned down for PIP, they even scored me 0 points out of a possible 12 points for communicating! and only 2 points for mixing with others even tho i have autism and severe social phobia andthe fact that commicatiing and mixing with others are my main problems.  As it is i started the application process back in february and it has caused me such an unbeleivable amount of distress, upset and anxiety as it is..even having to be put on sedatives because of it all...especially the face to face assessment... I really cannot take anymore.  My parents are going to help me appeal but i don't know how im going to carry on coping with it all as it is making me so ill..

I'm just wondering if there is anybody else on here who has been turnt down for pip and had to appeal and how it went and how long the appeal process took etc 

Any replys would be very helpful thank you

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    Hi,

    Also sorry to hear about your problems. The PIP scoring is notoriously arbitrary and it can be very difficult for an assessor to tell the difference between someone who claims to have these issues and someone, like yourself, who is genuinely disabled by these things.

    Good advice from Jam1 who gives a great example of how one can recover and build back up from a setback. The way you feel about it now should not be the way that you feel about it in a month or two's time. Feelings and emotions do change with time. If you are feeling depressed then part of the condition makes it difficult or impossible to imagine a brighter future.  (been there, got those T-shirts) People do get through these things though - read some of the letters at http://therecoveryletters.com/ to read what other people who have struggled and recovered have to say.

    Are you getting some proper treatment for your anxieties and phobias? These are common consequences of autism but they are not part of the autism itself. Autism can't be made to go away but these consequent conditions can.