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spudly

Hey all - I'm a newbie here so i hope this is in the correct area.

I have a 3year old son (nearly 4) who has recently been diagnosed as being on the Autism spectrum.

I was wondering whether this might entitle us to any benefits (DLA, Carers etc..). I've been looking around on the site but i must confess to finding it quite confusing and wondered if there was anyone on here that might be able to help??

Regards,
Stuart

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  • stranger said:
    Doing the form on a bad day is fraud.

    No it's not.

    Making stuff up that isn't true is fraud.

    If you go to somewhere like the CAB for advice on filling out benefit forms, this (to put down what it's like on the worst days) is exactly what they'll advise.

    As long as you give a true representation of what it's like on those days, then it's not fraud.

    It's similar to if you're getting a little help with things - that help may mean that you're able to cope to some degree - but if you're, for example, filling out forms in order to get more support, you need to put down what life would be like if you had no support, not how it is with the help you do get.

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  • stranger said:
    Doing the form on a bad day is fraud.

    No it's not.

    Making stuff up that isn't true is fraud.

    If you go to somewhere like the CAB for advice on filling out benefit forms, this (to put down what it's like on the worst days) is exactly what they'll advise.

    As long as you give a true representation of what it's like on those days, then it's not fraud.

    It's similar to if you're getting a little help with things - that help may mean that you're able to cope to some degree - but if you're, for example, filling out forms in order to get more support, you need to put down what life would be like if you had no support, not how it is with the help you do get.

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