Published on 12, July, 2020
My wife found a clause (trying to rediscover it) which stated that it was not necessary to call in those with an ASD.
However ATOS managed to convince my wife that it was necessary to see how I am affected by my stroke.I started losing my balance more frequently circa 2014 the MRI scan in 2017 found evidence of scarring in the rear of my brain.
Previously having low care low mobility with DLA I came to realise this was going to be different.
The ATOS assessor appears to be qualified to at least a senior sister in order to be able to work alone but is she experienced
working within ASD? It would appear not. Equating a pre-arranged interview facing someone across a table as being identical
to not engaging with anyone socially is totally absurd. I did engage with her because she created rapport with me, not me creating
it with her,or us creating it jointly..As she appears not to have not been listening too closely I am drawn to concluding that her
shorthand skills need an urgent review in addition to her lack of understanding diversity within ASD. I am not going into this
too deeply as I am getting ready to go to appeal at a tribunal. But a copy of my complaint against ATOS will be presented at
my tribunal hearing..
if they would let the NHS and local doctors assess PIP this would not be a problem. When we give bits of the NHS to independent assessment services. It is better to be assessed by people like doctors who will understand the situation you are in way better.
See first paragraph above otherwise they'd snowed under by the sheer volume of applicants so they continually make it hard and harder. On the other hand many people might get too stressed to go to appeal of the next stage appeal. I get stressed without any recognizable reasons so its no big deal to go all the way for me.