we were told by our four year old sons Dr to apply for D.L.A. Two months later and I still cant bring myself to fill out the forms. Its like I will finally be admitting he has a disability. Stupid isnt it.?? Can anyone give me the verbal kick up the backside I need? Thanks.
Hi - I'm presuming your son has been diagnosed with autism? This won't be "a verbal kick up the backside" - at least I hope not. That's because I think you know already, rationally, practically, why you should claim. I'll say it anyway : the money can be very helpful if there's something he needs that will benefit him, the fact he gets dla may help in other directions if you need to approach other organisations, that sort of thing. But I won't go on about that. It's the emotional side that's stopping you but at the same time you recognise it's irrational. Of course you can just leave it and ultimately lose money that could have benefitted him (ouch!). You could apply later of course. You could not apply for years. He would still be autistic. Can I ask a question? Have you completely accepted that he is autistic? I'm not saying you haven't, but it could possibly explain to some extent why you're avoiding filling in the form (that + the size of it of course 
.) If I'm wrong then accept my apologies. There are lots of posts on here from parents and their feelings regarding diagnosis, so if you haven't, then have a look around. I hope I haven't stepped over the mark.
Hi - I'm presuming your son has been diagnosed with autism? This won't be "a verbal kick up the backside" - at least I hope not. That's because I think you know already, rationally, practically, why you should claim. I'll say it anyway : the money can be very helpful if there's something he needs that will benefit him, the fact he gets dla may help in other directions if you need to approach other organisations, that sort of thing. But I won't go on about that. It's the emotional side that's stopping you but at the same time you recognise it's irrational. Of course you can just leave it and ultimately lose money that could have benefitted him (ouch!). You could apply later of course. You could not apply for years. He would still be autistic. Can I ask a question? Have you completely accepted that he is autistic? I'm not saying you haven't, but it could possibly explain to some extent why you're avoiding filling in the form (that + the size of it of course .) If I'm wrong then accept my apologies. There are lots of posts on here from parents and their feelings regarding diagnosis, so if you haven't, then have a look around. I hope I haven't stepped over the mark.
