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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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  • IntenseWorld said:

    The trouble is, that even if a policy is written to address it all, unless staff are up to the job and trained adequately you will always get idiots fobbing off and being unhelpful when people try to get the assistance.

    This is the problem I had. I'd emailed my "adviser" at the work programme to inform her that I'd been diagnosed with Autism and she said "ok, we'll discuss it when I next see you". It ended with her telling me it can't be that bad because I'd just been diagnosed. Would anyone really just get a diagnosis for the sake of it? I was getting a diagnosis because I was struggling. I had to constantly fight to get reasonable adjustments which never happened. There was even a notive up saying that their role is to help disabled people back into work.

    After 2 months of trouble, I'd had enough and went to my GP. I was told they're happy to write me a letter and sign me off if that's what I feel needs to happen. I was then given the letter and got signed off with no trouble.

    The job centre left me alone; but the work programme didn't. Not long after being placed in the support group, (this means I'm not required to do anything) I was informed they'd received a letter stating I was put into the work group and would I like to come in and see them? Um, no thanks. You made my life difficult and now expect me to come in and see you? No thanks.

    The job centre had to twice tell my former adviser to leave me alone. They weren't happy with the way I'd been treated.

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  • IntenseWorld said:

    The trouble is, that even if a policy is written to address it all, unless staff are up to the job and trained adequately you will always get idiots fobbing off and being unhelpful when people try to get the assistance.

    This is the problem I had. I'd emailed my "adviser" at the work programme to inform her that I'd been diagnosed with Autism and she said "ok, we'll discuss it when I next see you". It ended with her telling me it can't be that bad because I'd just been diagnosed. Would anyone really just get a diagnosis for the sake of it? I was getting a diagnosis because I was struggling. I had to constantly fight to get reasonable adjustments which never happened. There was even a notive up saying that their role is to help disabled people back into work.

    After 2 months of trouble, I'd had enough and went to my GP. I was told they're happy to write me a letter and sign me off if that's what I feel needs to happen. I was then given the letter and got signed off with no trouble.

    The job centre left me alone; but the work programme didn't. Not long after being placed in the support group, (this means I'm not required to do anything) I was informed they'd received a letter stating I was put into the work group and would I like to come in and see them? Um, no thanks. You made my life difficult and now expect me to come in and see you? No thanks.

    The job centre had to twice tell my former adviser to leave me alone. They weren't happy with the way I'd been treated.

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