Waiting time for DLA Third Thread

Hi, I'm back lol, is anybody here on the old benefit system still and know how long it takes child tax to add the disability element? Thanks xx

@Blabbermouth93 did you ring them back? LolX

@Blabbermouth93 O god no one gives a straight answer I had my sorry for delay letter on 15th so I'm hoping it goes to a decision maker any day I'm going to ring again this afternoon lol , hopefully they are working on yours now I just wish they would give a straight answer so we would no what's going on it's always something different everytime xx

@Jneill2021 spoke to them this morning she said it’s taking up to 10 weeks I said it’s been over 10 weeks oh sorry we’re having a backlog it should be dealt with today she said try phoning middle of next week I was like what today was my deadline she said she could be working on your case now or later on today do I phone them back up later , they are taking the biscuit lol

@Jneill2021 I did this morning can't see it helping me any more but worth a try Xx

@Blabbermouth93 let me no how you get on xx

@Alk19 that is absolutely terrible I'd threaten them again with further action absolutely stupid you I formed them ages ago it should have all been dealt with pretty quick it's not hard they are useless xx

The waiting is awful I rung universal credit this morning to ask where my back payment is the woman said once your award has been recalculated it normally takes 7 working days for approval and payment sent... it's been 8 'working days' now so she then decided to backtrack and say no I meant once it's been approved it takes a further 7 days there a joke I'm absolutely sick to death of chasing them

@Blabbermouth93

Ring dead on 9 I hope they say they made a decision for you I feel like no one knows what there talking about I spoke to some one yesterday afternoon and she said if I don't hear b4 Christmas then defiantly ring back they've had mine for nearly 9 weeks Monday so I don't expect to wait till after Christmas lol x

Still nothing today was the last day they had to make a decision so they’ve told me over and over I’ll phone again at 9 and then later on today getting a joke 🙄

@SBParker99 well I sent the a message saying I was getting the courts and my no involved then the day after the awarded it me which was last week it's been with the approval team since and I'm getting told the same old 'well let you know via your journal once it's been approved'

@Alk19 have you tried telling them it’s distressing you i told uc on 12th november and they backdated it to september 6th and i recieved it in my bank yesterday just as i told them it was causing me stress they sorted it straight away only took less than two weeks

@Jneill2021 my middle son was the same vitamin D and iron defiancy he is so underweight too x

@Blabbermouth93 yeah it's a long wait my soon had them tests done just before he turned 2 and everything was normal that's why they diagnosed him with pica aswell as he had no deficiency's X

@Blabbermouth93 The woman wasn't help at all just said yes had recieved my evidence but wouldn't tell me if it's with a decision maker or in pile to go to them, I'll ring again 2morrow lol , yes my daughter was reffered a few months ago to have genetics waiting on results as they can take 10 weeks my son just had his results every thing was normal apart from slight iron defininacty and slightly anemic , but this is mainly down to his diet as he will on eat liquid stle food such as yogurts custard soup xx his now on iron liquid to try get his iron levels up xx

@Alk19 oh so it’s another 12 so weeks thank you x

Have any of you had genetic testing my oldest sons blood has been kept for genetic testing by consultant as obviously all four of mine has either asd/ocd/adhd mines have been the same since birth also still have god help me days haha 😂 x

@Blabbermouth93 I'm fine I think I've kind of got used to being tired lol my little girls 6 with autism and have been dealing with the same thing since she was born, ino it's a shame would be nice to meet with people you no who are going through exactly the same thing, my little boys 4 in April and he finds it really hard to interact with children and adults his hearing and speech and language are significantly delayed the peaditrician has got this down as the same as an 8-10 month year old xx

@Blabbermouth93 I was awarded dla 16th august so that's when I applied I got the grants last week had my phone call assessment around 10th October received the grants about 12 days ago Xx

@Jneill2021 know how you feel hope you are ok if only they had a monitor to see there day and night routine haha hope your doing ok such a shame we didn’t all live close could have had a play date my 8 year old asd can’t maintain friendships and is always playing with 4-5 year olds his development is at the stage of a 3-4 year old just now x

@Alk19 omg I didn’t know you could do it online 😳 haha thank you how long did it take you to receive it xx

@Blabbermouth93 I did all mine online and uploaded them to my application I got granted sensory equipment last week so his room will look a bit better now got him a big bubble lamp and a big wall aeroplane with loads of fidget stuff x

Currently on hold to see if there's any update and if they recieved a few more letters I sent earlier in the week, also have a email from the autism support team highlighting how difficult my sons behaviour is and how bad his sleep is as he wakes every night/early hrs for 2/3 hrs thinking its play time, very tired mummy here lol xx

I’ve got the form here ready to be sent away I just need a letter from universal credit but it’s all online so don’t know how to get it haha @Alk19 x