Mandatory reconsideration DENIED

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I can’t lie I am absolutely sobbing as I type this which might sound so silly but after a year of waiting and DLA going 6 weeks over their deadline for them to deny the MR has made me so so angry and I just feel at a complete loss. My DS is about to turn 9, he’s non verbal, severe ASD, still in nappies. Our SEN pushchair has been taken away as they said they only give them to children for education reasons, not for social and my child is on a school bus to get to his special school so he doesn’t need it for education.We have no way of getting him around safely. He runs off, takes food from other people’s tables, screams, drops himself to the floor, needs physical restraint and refuses to walk. He wants to constantly go on his dad’s shoulders. He is almost 5ft tall, weighs almost 7 stone and wears 13-14 clothes so as you can imagine me being 5ft 2 and near enough the same weight as him this is not physically possible and I can’t take him out the house alone. I have 2 other kids with SEN too so when dad’s not here I am literally trapped inside of the house. I can’t even buy milk from the corner shop. Having HRM would honestly be such a huge help to our lives and I just feel like I’m stuck in a cycle. Has anyone managed to have a decision overturned before it got to tribunal? Can I take my child to the tribunal? If I can I am going to walk him in, sit on a chair and let him run absolutely wild. I don’t understand how it’s even possible they denied the MR. I’ve carefully reviewed all 5 of the test points and he fits every single one without fail.

Appeal. Personally, I wouldn’t take a child.

Do you mean DLA has been declined completely or has been awarded but DS hasn’t been awarded HRM?

Have you looked at grants for an SN buggy? Will wheelchair services provide a wheelchair? In some areas, they don’t provide SN buggies to older DC or only in certain circumstances, but will provide a wheelchair.

Have you had social care assessments?

Hi thank you for the reply
Our local council will only provide Sen buggy’s to children that need them to get to school. My child takes a school bus so does not. They will not provide a wheelchair as DS CAN walk despite refusing to. They focus only on physical disability rather than behavioural. We managed to fight to get him on HRC which was a very dueling process and required a lot of help. We have had social assessments done. My DS flits in between early help and a child in need case due to how dangerous his behaviours are to himself and me. He is under the children’s disability service and has a social worker. They do visits once a month and we do CIN meetings with his school every month. When he starts to regulate again they drop us back down to early help as they do not have enough social workers to appoint to all the kids that need them. The mandatory reconsideration was for just the mobility component. School did not have adequate time to contact them back they didn’t even give them 2 weeks and they were closed during this. They’ve now refused it due to lack of evidence despite his EHCP, CIN meeting reports etc.

So appeal. Write a document that references every step of the flowchart for SMI.

By definition, by virtue of his disability, DS is a child in need in the eyes of the legislation. Following the social care assessments, do you not receive any support? If not, you need to request updated assessments then post back for next steps if children’s services refuse to assess or assess but refused support. Support from children’s services could then be used to help you leave the house when DH is working.

Have you looked at grants for an SN buggy?