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grahame22

Hi, new here, recently diagnosed with ASD.

I've been on ESA for the last few years for 'general anxiety', and it's been my only source of income. Was recently diagnosed with ASD and upon notifiying the DWP was subsequently kicked off ESA and told to get a job! 

I have no idea how to get a job and feel completely horrified at the thought of working. I find it hard enough to go to the shop yet alone being employed. That being said though I went to the job centre and asked them what specialist help they could give me to help me find suitable work. They put me in touch with the St Loyes foundation. The St Loyes foundation however told me they can't see me until October/November. I went back to the job centre and the only other suggestion they had was I look at volunteer work?!

So basically I have no money, and no help to find a job. The job centre are being completely heartless and useless and I have no idea what I'm supposed to do now?

Anyone have any suggestions?

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    It seems that you have been switched out of being treated as sick to being treated as disabled but they haven't put you into the right benefit scheme.

    I think you should be looking at PIP www.gov.uk/.../overview

    This applies to people with a permanent disability and ASD can count as such - there are a lot of people on the forum who claim this. See the threads returned by this search community.autism.org.uk/.../pip A lot of the discussions are about refusal etc but this is the appropriate benefit for people with severe enough ASD as I understand it.

    Is the St Loyes foundation acting under "Access to Work" which is the scheme to help people with a disability to get into work?

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    [edited]

    It seems that you have been switched out of being treated as sick to being treated as disabled but they haven't put you into the right benefit scheme.

    I think you should be looking at PIP www.gov.uk/.../overview

    This applies to people with a permanent disability and ASD can count as such - there are a lot of people on the forum who claim this. See the threads returned by this search community.autism.org.uk/.../pip A lot of the discussions are about refusal etc but this is the appropriate benefit for people with severe enough ASD as I understand it.

    Is the St Loyes foundation acting under "Access to Work" which is the scheme to help people with a disability to get into work?

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