Dla medical

[jenk1]

DS has just been visited by a doctor from the DLA to asess him.

It was hilarious.

Imagine the setting GP sitting on the couch me on the other one and DS on the computer chair.

Gp asking ds questions, DS laughing picking his nose making funny screeching noises declining to answer certain questions, me trying to prompt him but to no avail and all the while DS is swinging round and round on the chair trying to get on ebay to look for b-damans.

i hope the gp has enough information because i still dont understand why they send out gp,s to do a medical for dla for a child with autism/aspergers.

it makes me annoyed really, they did the same for me the other week and i still havent heard anything.

has this happened to anyone else?

Oh Jenk - I'm sorry that you have had to go through this

jenk I think they do this now to see the claimant in their home surroundings rather than in a benefit office, which happened years ago.
I think it is also a cost cutting issue as you could claim expenses for this back then.
I detest filling in the forms as they are a pain in bhind.

I don't know much about these things, but personally I don't blame your ds. Why should he have to have a medical. why can't they jsut rely on existing information, such as dx, etc?

ah i see now, i had to go for a medical in december last year at a benefits office so its just the same as that.

I thought that by coming to my house it was as if they didnt believe DS,s condition and were trying to catch me out or something.

At least they havent refused DLA which they could have done, oh well he said i should hear within a month so i,ll just have to wait

Good luck Jenk1, think it's also a bit of red tape- they probably have to do medicals every 50 or so applications. So sorry you've had to go through this though. Really stressful

Just out of interest jenk1, what kind of questions did the gp ask your ds?

erm, take 7 away from 100, take 7 from 93.

Does your baby sister go to work? WHAT

why dont you like having a bath,washing your hair-ds said COS I DONT

"stand up and reach your arms to the sky"

Ds said "why"

"why do you run into the road when theres a car coming"?

DS said "im very fast i can beat cars"
Name 5 fruits

what day is it

blah blah-cant remember any more stupid questions,
dont understand how that asesses a boy of 8 with AS/ASD.
Felt a bit angry when the gp had gone because ds was very confused and kept asking why he had been asked these questions-ds doesnt know of his condition yet, we,re waiting till he,s a little older because it would freak him out at the moment but he,s not daft.

Yeh, I see what you mean, very odd. I would guess the hands in the air one would be to see if he could follow instruction, perhaps, and the one about the road might be asked to see if he has any understanding about the dangers of the road, but that wouldn't prove a thing surely. My ds can quite clearly explain that he's not allowed to cross the road on his own because a car might knock him down, but in reality he wouldn't hesitate to run across. I'm not surprised your ds was a bit confused afterwards.

It's not exactly real life though, is it? Eg, my ds will tell you chapter and verse all about road safety - he even did a project on it in Y1 with another girl, about how to improve safety on the road outside school - but get him to cross the road by himself is another matter. Theoretical knowledge does not equal practical application. That applies to a lot of kids with AS, so it seems.