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NHS or Private diagnosis for claiming PIP?

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We have 20 year old twins who we suspect have Aspergers.  We have been to a private psychologist (found from the Directory of Chartered Psychologists) who has undertaken a part assessment and diagnosed them as having  Aspergers. The twins firmly dispute her diagnosis but at present they sleep all day, are up all night, rarely leave their bedroom and are not succeeding in any attempts to progress with their lives.

My question is would a full diagnosis from a private psychologist be eligible supporting information for claiming PIP or would we still have to undergo a diagnosis with the NHS before completing the mandatory PIP assessment.  Obviously to go private is a lot of money and we don't want to spend that if we have to end up going down the NHS route. 

Has anybody had any experience of this or have any advice please?

Our local authority is Hampshire County Council if this has any bearing on the answer.

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  • PIP has nothing to do with the LA, it is in the realm of the DWP. 

    You have to ask yourself whether they're being enabled by you as their parent. If you did nothing for them, would they really not do ANYTHING for themselves? 

    If the answer is yes then PIP isn't going to solve that. I'd arrange for social care assessments (which ARE via your LA). That being said, THEY have to consent to that as adults unless they lack mental capacity, and then theyask have to agree to any support recommended to them. 

    I'd do absolutely nothing if I lived at home and had no reason to accept any responsibility for my life. I presume you pay for their food, utilities, Internet, roof over their heads. The fact that you care enough to post here tells me that. My mum couldn't have cared less, so needless to say I had to sort my own life out. 

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  • PIP has nothing to do with the LA, it is in the realm of the DWP. 

    You have to ask yourself whether they're being enabled by you as their parent. If you did nothing for them, would they really not do ANYTHING for themselves? 

    If the answer is yes then PIP isn't going to solve that. I'd arrange for social care assessments (which ARE via your LA). That being said, THEY have to consent to that as adults unless they lack mental capacity, and then theyask have to agree to any support recommended to them. 

    I'd do absolutely nothing if I lived at home and had no reason to accept any responsibility for my life. I presume you pay for their food, utilities, Internet, roof over their heads. The fact that you care enough to post here tells me that. My mum couldn't have cared less, so needless to say I had to sort my own life out. 

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