Published on 12, July, 2020
I've started living on my own and nearly every day I have to go shopping to feed myself and look after my house. So will somebody of senior level whether it is Motability or NAS change the rules of Motability eligibility so that people like me who can wash, change, cook and plan journeys (not in receipt of the mobility rate of PIP) be eligible to be part of the scheme as having a car beside you makes life a whole lot easier and safer for everyone.
Sorry if my comment upset you, didn’t mean it to come off the way you have interpreted it. Autism isn’t a learning difficulty it is a numerological developmental disorder that may co aside with one or many learning disabilities but this is not always the case.
it’s really shameful the way you think because you have autism you expect things to be handed to you when their are other solutions to your problem. I didn’t get PIP and I have multiple issues that prevent me from learning to drive or get behinds a wheel such as Dyspraxia, ADHD and Autism myself. It affect my ability to drive to the point the DVLA have suspended my provisional licence on the advice from my last driving instructor.
I have all the problems you have and More and I have had a have a need assessment that resulted in me needing extra support such as taking me shopping and meal prep because my capabilities are considerably compromised. Once my benefits/income get beyond the threshold which is something stupid like £600 month I have to start paying for this support myself. Guess what when I move out my housing benefit is going to push me over the threshold.
mobility scheme is not completely free you have to contribute if you above the financial threshold.
Silly question - can you drive? You don't mention that anywhere but you mention you have difficulty with complex meals. Also, motability is a benefit, not a growth business and the moral of the public is their least important performance measure.
Also, the cheapest car is a big chunk of a mobility payment - thousands per year - surely it's cheaper to get Tescos to deliver to you? Even if you waste a lot of food, you'll save a fortune!
Well if motability want to improve on their business they NEED to ease up on their limitations by letting PIP recipients without mobility be allowed to join the scheme that way morale is boosted.
Not sure I appreciate your tone. I never suggested you don't know how to cook or anything remotely close to that, so I don't know where you've got that idea from. Not much else to say about that.
And as for the car I guess save up, live an ascetic life, eventually afford to buy 2nd hand, something a few years old or a maybe a category D write off if you're handy with a spanner. Pretty much what anyone in your situation would have to do. Whining on here for the rules to be changed so you can get a free (not free) car achieves precisely nothing and just makes you sound entitled, especially so if you've not actually got mobility issues.
The lease cost, I do know its coming out of my PIP pocket. Alongside the leasing a car, a person is recommended to apply for grant in order to be to acquire the particular car their leasing as well as money on the side for petrol and tyre pressure checks.
I doubt you're going to get very far with this if you don't have serious physical mobility issues. Just wanting a car because it's handy won't score sufficient points with the PIP-Stasi.
It's also expensive to have a motability car - there's the lease costs and petrol etc. It adds up fast. Some people are happy to pay to have a new car on their driveway.
If you're having difficulties, I'd suggest something like an electric scooter or bike - much lower costs and probably all you really need to pop to the shops for some supplies.
You seem very rude when there is no reason to be from the replies you have. I do online shopping or get a taxi for my shopping. Motability cars still come out of your benefits by the way. My mum pays £250 a month for her car out of her PIP. The needs assessment blue mentioned is also done through the council from a social worker, mine did anyway. I have help with meal prep and cooking at the moment too..
*** off, I'm not getting reassessed if I'm at risk losing my PIP, I nearly lost my claim in my last assessment and my corner was being fought so I'm not going down that route again.
Autism is a learning disability, and if things don't work out nicely they get agitated that's why having a car is a saviour to conveniences especially when living on their own and to do shopping on their own demand.
If you don't have anything nice to say, stay out of this topic, *** off and don't come back
Listen I don't have a job to afford to get into an agreement to lease a car. And don't you dare say I don't know how to cook a meal when I know I can, maybe not one where it takes over 30 mins to prepare but I bloody can if they are under 30 mins that's why I have a cookbook.
Sorry to be a downer but i think for people with a neurodevelopmental disorder the mobility component of PIP is given to those with significant struggles in gaining a driving licence and are not safe to independently operate a vehicle by themselves or have an intellectually challenged to use public transportation by themselves.
mobility car schemes are only given to people with physical disabilities and i think that is fare to be honest. Their is other support out their maybe you can ask for a needs assessment and get help with meal prep to help you cook and plan your meals for the week.
It'll probably take a little while to find your feet, assuming you're living independently for the first time. I was the same, nipping into the shops on the way home from work every day to pick up something for dinner, virtually nothing in the cupboards at home. Best to just buy the stuff you need for the week wherever possible, but it does take some practice to get that right.
If you feel you really need a car you could look at leasing, more or less the same thing as motability.