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21, aspie and trying to claim the right benefit

Ant123

hi all, i'm here on behalf of my aspergers daughter, she's 21 and just finished uni with a degree in games art, she is now unemployed so i'm trying to help her claim benefits, benefit enquieries told me to tell her to claim jobseekers but she can't cope with the stress of all the job applications she has to do and as told me she is going to cancel her claim, we need the money and i dont know what to do, she doesn't get any other benefits and never has, surely there must be some help out there for her, would love some help from anyone in similar position, thx

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  • There's nothing to stop your daughter from claiming ESA and looking for jobs. To claim ESA, you don't need to be completely unable to work. You just need to have a health condition which affects your ability to work.

    I claimed JSA for about 18 months. I had a lot of problems. I was sent on the work programme who ignored my disabilities (I have Autism plus a load of physical issues) and someone went through my job seekers agreement and removed everything relating to my health. This meant I got in to trouble because I wasn't looking for full time work.

    After months of trouble from the work programme, I went on to ESA. I waited about 4 months and was then put into the support group.

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  • There's nothing to stop your daughter from claiming ESA and looking for jobs. To claim ESA, you don't need to be completely unable to work. You just need to have a health condition which affects your ability to work.

    I claimed JSA for about 18 months. I had a lot of problems. I was sent on the work programme who ignored my disabilities (I have Autism plus a load of physical issues) and someone went through my job seekers agreement and removed everything relating to my health. This meant I got in to trouble because I wasn't looking for full time work.

    After months of trouble from the work programme, I went on to ESA. I waited about 4 months and was then put into the support group.

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