Reapplying for DLA

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We were awarded loer rate care allowance for my son back in March.

He has since got a diagnosis and I feel he waould/may now be awarded a higher rate, but I am unsure how to go about reapplying. Any advice would be great, thanks in advance.

Caroline

You can ask them to "look again" outside the usual deadline if your circumstances have changed and getting a dx would count. I did this some years ago but I can't remember whether I had to complete the whole thing again, I think I did I suppose you should phone them to get another form or supplementary for a change in circs but good luck. If they give you any sh*t come back on here and I'm sure someone else will have done it more recently than me.

You can ask them to "look again" outside the usual deadline if your circumstances have changed and getting a dx would count. I did this some years ago but I can't remember whether I had to complete the whole thing again, I think I did I suppose you should phone them to get another form or supplementary for a change in circs but good luck. If they give you any sh*t come back on here and I'm sure someone else will have done it more recently than me.

Ooops

The thing is when I filled his form in before he was 4 and I wrote things such as needs help with dressing and doing up buttons etc. The lady from the DLA phoned and said "that that wasn't unusual for a child his age her grandson couldn't do his buttons either and he was 6".
Henry has since had has his motor skills assessed and he is on the 6th percentile for his age, so obviously does struggle more with simple tasks thanthe avaerage 5 yer old.
Alot of problems have also come out now he is at school, it is more obvious, as I protected from a lot of things that subconciously I did things for him and protected him from situations.