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PIP Question

pietro_21

Has anyone applied for pip and been refused, to find things discussed by the assessor were left out of their decision?  I am just wondering if automatic refusal is the norm for anyone. Do they not recognise sensory disability or autism as a disability at all?

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  • Ugh don’t get me started on PIP. Like the rudest person on this planet in my opinion. I applied for it and the health professional was a foreigner who couldn’t speak English well and she had the cheek to tell me I need to speak better because she can’t understand me! IN MY OWN COUNTRY!!! But yeah I got refused and twisted everything I said, I appealed and still failed. You need to be careful how to word things as they supposedly look for key words but the thing is I found everything I said had got twisted and when I said I had to have numerous support and been to numerous therapies they said well I am clearly ok. Yet there are people who have done bad things and taken bad things who get PIP! I did go and speak with citizens advice who were great with me but I just lost so much confidence and went through so much stress and trauma that I didn’t think applying and going through all that again was worth it. Sorry for my rant 

  • in reply to Elfilis

    Obviously this is there to help people most in need. There will be people who look at this like an easily assessible benefit, I haven’t got any traditionally termed ‘physical disabilities’ but my brain prevents me having normal abilities on tap when I need them. My challenge is more based on the assessors method of scoring as the call was recorded yet she failed to record what I was saying as part of her decision making process. That is aside of her demographic and qualifications.

  • in reply to pietro_21

    I’m gonna be honest I find PIP to be a waste of time but that is just the rubbish experience I had with them. Hopefully no one else has a jobsworth like what I had. I was just hoping if I got it I could afford more private therapy but guess not. 

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