TO SAY Camerons Policies are in danger of getting all disabled people labelled as "Scroungers"

[ScousyFogarty]

That is a wicked thing do do and David Cameron beeds to apologise or more likely get one of his flunkies to say SORRY

devient- are you talking from your own experience because i fight DLA declines and i can assure you reports are now and have been in the past requested.

I can't get my son into Riding for the Disabled, so he goes to normal riding lessons, which actually cost more, perversely.
It's to build muscle strength and tone and improve the joints in his lower body to hopefully improve future outcome.

Not available on the NHS, but a brilliant resource to improve his future life if it works.

I just send them to try and speed stuff up.
With the one I did today I don't have a report so they'll have to write to the physio.
More than happy with that.

Sorry bird I got lost on that, which dc of mine are you referring to??
I just feel some of the kiddos I know who have lost some of there dla shouldn't of happened and I do agree it's the amount of people who are claiming.

DLA is very difficult to get for a child under 7 and is never awarded without medical evidence and usually turned down at the first application. My DD is in SNE and most of the children in her school (i am a school gov and advisor) did not get DLA befor the age of 10, some still don't.

The amount of people claiming hasn't risen in 18 years.
The DWP making wrong decisions isn't down to people making claims when it's not necessary.
I believe now more than ever that they really are following up on reports, more so than they have ever done. My forms are taking much, much longer to go through than they did for example five years ago, and that's ok... they do need to be sure that the people claiming are eligible.

Birds I have never applied for 3 of them and my youngest others have always done the application /renewal. TBH I'm dreading doing next years so may call on the social worker and welfare benefits again.

I have three on DLA.
I have completed nine forms in five years, so regular reviews.
I am not going to accept for one moment that any of my children had incorrectly given awards. They are all eligible, the money is needed and I will not apologise for that. I am using the money to meet their immediate expenses and hopefully improve their future life choices.

I have enclosed full medical reports at all times as I believe this should be a standard expectation to cut fraud.

birds the one I get dla for I have had from 3 month.

Maybe they do ask for reports glitter, Iv'e just never been asked personally.

You wouldn't be, they contact the professional direct

It has got nothing to do with the amount of claimants, the government would like an end to 'disabled' benefits, full stop. THe welfare bill for disabled people is small compared to the 'topping up' of low wages and the cost of pensioners. With the improvements in healthcare there are going to be an increase in disabled people, that is logical, is it then right to have people living in poverty for circumstances outside of their control, it is a simple choice.

so why do you bother with the extra hassle of putting in reports??

I mean fgs they want to tear up the Equalities Act! That's not just bad news for people with disabilities.

To save time. I have them in the individual child's folder, and if I send the most current report for each child then it tends to go through the system faster. It removes the requirement on the DWP to write to each professional and then wait for a response.

I've just kept the office admin efficiency I used to have at work I guess.

dievient- it sounds as though you have an unquestionable circumstance so have been awarded it via the health professionals. Most people have a long fight on their hands, so i feel as though you are under the impression that DLA is easy to get for everyone. In every claim the GP is contacted and other professionals, if appropriate. They do not ask the parents to gather medical evidence as the doctor has to make a legal declaration on the persons condition.

I must apologize then, I am just a lay person with a wait and see approach.

'so why do you bother with the extra hassle of putting in reports??'

In the hope that you do not have to go to a tribunal.

Maybe I have to give so much evidence as both Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Benign Hypermobility Syndrome have such a vast spectrum of variables. I do have sufficient evidence to demonstrate each child qualifies though.

I see now Birds, sorry

dievent - also some children are diagnosed with conditions that can be helped by finger and hand exercisers etc that you do at home. They are offically discharged from the clinic, as nothing more can be done for now, so it would take to long to get the information directly from that department as the file would be sent to 'archive'.

I have 2 with SLD and no formal dx.
I have a dd with adhd, spd and odd.
I have a ds who has down syndrome, heart and lung probs, sld, sight and hearing probs, mobility probs due to hypermobility, hypotonia and ligamas laxity as well as having weight bearing bones that shouldn't be, absence seizures. school phobia, social phobia, severe anxiety and severe challenging behaviour spd, then traits of asd, adhd, ocd, odd, these traits are awaiting an official dx of autism and pathological demand avoidaNnce syndrome. Hope I haven't missed anything.

Urgh yeah.... listing all of it. I tend to just list the ASD & Hypermobility but there are other numerous syndromes & conditions. I save that list for the DLA form otherwise it'd be too depressing

but thats just it, take down syndrome for instance....they all get different rates and you hear it all the time, well how do you get a mobility car and I don't etc

I've got one because my son's hypermobility is so severe he is virtually unable to walk and uses a wheelchair outside the house.

A condition does not automatically lead to an award. It is how that condition affects your life.

Should some one who has to use a wheelchair not get mobility?