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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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  • I found that, scaredwoman... The forms I filled in the first time were really not tailored towards mental illness, just either mobility problems or severe mental functions... like "can you turn on a washing machine?". The first time I tried for ESA, I was turned down with the reason "while we acknowledge that you have a mental disability, you do not qualify". The second time I applied, I had letters from my GP, care coordinator and a psychiatrist. They turned me down again, this time accusing me of not sending them a completed claim form (which I did) and then refused to explain what they were talking about. So I'm wracking up debt with people because I can't work and the government isn't interested!

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  • I found that, scaredwoman... The forms I filled in the first time were really not tailored towards mental illness, just either mobility problems or severe mental functions... like "can you turn on a washing machine?". The first time I tried for ESA, I was turned down with the reason "while we acknowledge that you have a mental disability, you do not qualify". The second time I applied, I had letters from my GP, care coordinator and a psychiatrist. They turned me down again, this time accusing me of not sending them a completed claim form (which I did) and then refused to explain what they were talking about. So I'm wracking up debt with people because I can't work and the government isn't interested!

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