Hi everyone
I really struggle to live by my own since my dad died. I am autism and dyspraxia.
several people encouraged me to apply for pip in 202. I could not fill the forms in by my own someone had to do it for cos I not understand a lot.
DWP rejected with 0 points. Then rejected the reconsideration. I begged them not to take me to court cos it would stress me out and I would not be able to talk
The court hearing was via video link last week. My boss did it with me. I did manage to answer all they questions as best I could which left me thinking oh I will not get it.
But I have been awarded standard rate living and standard mobility with payments also backdated and awarded til 2026
There have been numerous times I was not going to be able to do this. The stress it put me under was too much. My friends and colleagues had to support me a lot to get to this point.
But anyone else going through it I just wanted to say hang in there. The people at the court were much nicer and understanding and the judge was really nice
I can now afford to get a cleaner and help me to clean the house. That is my first priority - to have a nice clean house