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PIP rejection.

K-4
over 1 year ago

I really must vent, today I received my PIP decision.

I request a telephone assessment due to some of my perhaps shared autistic traits, in the assessment I divulged the most intimate aspects of my life, how my Autism effects my life in the most detrimental way.

I explained about my Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and my overwhelming anxiety and stress that damages my health and life in general.

I must say this assessment left me feeling very vulnerable, something I rarely admit to being, I have spent my adult life coping as best I can mimicking NT life and accepted norms to the best of my abilities.

Being at the age I am now it is detrimental to my health and well-being to continue as I have, which quite honestly dispite my best efforts has left me penniless and dependent.

So I plucked up the courage for the second time and request a personal independence Payment from the DWP.

The letter I received from the DWP today left me shaking with rage not just because I was rejected but for how they rejected me.

In the most intentional way, what I had communicated had been ignored or twisted.

With a grand total of 2 points for the entire assessment,  I truly feel dehumanised and dismissed by the whole thing.

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  • 11 months ago

    The most useful thing is to know how their points system works and make sure what you say helps them fit you in the appropriate tick boxes. If you fail to say the one thing they need to hear that puts the tick in the box (because you didn't think of it or misunderstood or were too flustered or whatever) you won't get the tick in the box. If you mention one good day and that's all they pay attention too the tick goes in the wrong box. If you mention a good day you have to strongly insist that is not the norm and that almost all the time it is not like that then explain what puts you in the right tick box. Prep beforehand, write notes, make sure you can say what they need to hear to tick the boxes that fit your experience. Here is a link:- https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/Migrated_Documents/adviceguide/pip-9-table-of-activities-descriptors-and-points.pdf

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  • 11 months ago

    The most useful thing is to know how their points system works and make sure what you say helps them fit you in the appropriate tick boxes. If you fail to say the one thing they need to hear that puts the tick in the box (because you didn't think of it or misunderstood or were too flustered or whatever) you won't get the tick in the box. If you mention one good day and that's all they pay attention too the tick goes in the wrong box. If you mention a good day you have to strongly insist that is not the norm and that almost all the time it is not like that then explain what puts you in the right tick box. Prep beforehand, write notes, make sure you can say what they need to hear to tick the boxes that fit your experience. Here is a link:- https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/Migrated_Documents/adviceguide/pip-9-table-of-activities-descriptors-and-points.pdf

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