1,000 new PIP claims per day?

[flashbac]

Is this true? (From someone who is naturally cynical of government info.)

If it is, is there something else behind the statistic? Is it because people have to reapply or something like that?

This is from the government website:

"Monthly PIP awards have more than doubled since the pandemic, rising from 13,000 to 34,000 - a rate of around 1,000 new claims per day, or the population of Leicester every year."

I find the statistic unbelievable.

its totally and utterly unsustainable. The whole system is going to collapse, and then those that really do need the help will be completely stuck.

Financially, though? I can understand maybe for autism- taxis, particular clothes and particular foods, but ADHD? How on earth will money help a short attention span?

Because the short attention span can limit someone’s ability to work.

ADHD is also not simply just a case of having a short attention span. It can be a case of having 4 voices in your head, at all times, which is mentally draining and exhausting. It can be a case of overthinking every single thing you do, and feeling a little like OCD.

Some can flourish in the workplace. Some cannot.

My son gets DLA for ADHD. He's 14 and has less freedom than I did aged 8. He barely remembers anything that he is supposed to like brushing his teeth and the shower is a daily battle. He needs constant supervision to make sure he doesn't do something monumentally stupid or hit his brother in frustration. He also doesn't sleep.

Well good for him
But for the umpteenth time it's not the condition, it's how it impacts you
So if your condition/ disability, means you can't care for your self ,cook ,clean or undertake a journey independently from A to B then you should be entitled
If it doesn't you wont be.

For the millionth time, if someone has no additional needs, they won’t get help. It isn’t a one payment for all with a particular diagnosis.

I agree with those who think ADHD is really badly named and should be renamed as Executive Function Disorder - it affects executive function broadly and causes difficulties in almost every area of life. It goes far beyond struggling to concentrate (which is debilitating in itself). Many with ADHD struggle to prepare food, remember to eat, take medications and take care of themselves and where these symptoms are extreme they should get as much help as someone who struggles with these things on account of a physical disability. Some people think ADHD is a minor inconvenience. It really isn't.

Thanks for explaining. That’s helpful for those of us who haven’t been through the process.

and thank you to @PhilippaGeorgioutoo.

Exactly. Both my brother and I are autistic. Only one of us needs PIP, because he has many additional support needs that I do not.

That’s more that 5% of the population! Shockingly high given that people claim it’s so hard to get. No wonder tax payers are getting hammered.

That's contradictory.

The person you mention hardly had to tough it out. He got the right med and support.

Now very few get the right med or the right support which Leeds to burnout and trauma.

If you think it is easy to claim, then do it.
More people are entitled to claim, but wont because they can't face it.

Maybe society needs to change so that disabled people are valued and don't have to fit square pegs I yo round holes

What's shocking is some of the shit spouted on this thread.

Don't be silly.

Or being consistently dismissed. Before diagnosis, I was prescribed sleeping pills and sent on my merry way. Couldn’t get more than 7 minutes with my GP, so never long enough to go into full detail regarding my symptoms. In my 7 minute consultation, it was decided that I was just chronically tired. Hence the sleeping pills. I had to fight very hard to be heard, and ended up writing a two page letter, to get round the 7 minute consultation time, and that was only because I had my partner to support me. I can only imagine how easy it would be to give up, or do worse to yourself, without having someone to back you.

Well you must have been living a charmed life if you thought disabled people were rare. What do you suggest we do about it?

1 in 5 people are disabled so hardly a shock

Of course some of those 1 in 5 will be on DLA or attendance allowance

No. But I've had really bad anxiety at times. But what I do is that I think about all the good things in my life, think about happy memories and it goes away.

Sometimes I use YouTube, TV and watch some sport to take my mind off it

Money should only be available for those with serious conditions. I hadn't a clue you could claim it for athritis. No wonder there is no money for the NHS.

Ah brilliant. You bloody solved it! Watch some YouTube and all your anxiety will just poof! Disappear

Everyone gets anxiety. It is normal.
An anxiety disorder is very different to "having bad anxiety at times".

Arthritis can be serious and very debilitating.
Again, it is not about the diagnosis, but how you are affected.

Wow. I have been crippled with arthritis since my teens.

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about at all.

You have no idea what living with RA is like. For the people and their families. Its debilitating. Crippling. Life ruining.