Quick Question - is there an equivalent of Cerebra DLA Guide for adults?

[thisisthestory]

Posted this in Parents with Disabilities but no response, it's quite quiet there I think.

Hi,

I successfully applied for DLA for DS1 (ASD) last year - thanks to MN SN where the Cerebra guide (for children) is recommended highly.

I am helping a friend fill in her adult DLA application for the first time - is there an equivalent to Cerebra for adults? DLA applications are notoriously difficult these days as we know, so I don't want to mess it up...

Any help would be great

There tends to be more swing towards the specific condition for adults, thisisthestory. The 'test' for children is simply that they need more care than a child of their age who does not have a disability. For adults, it's about the extent of care needs, often with adaptations taken into account.

If you feel able to say roughly the condition, or even the body area, I might be able to find a guide. Or you could google if you're more comfortable.

I subscribed to the benefits and work site. They have DLA guides for mental and physical disabilities. It got me awarded at a much higher rate than I was expecting.

I'm also considering applying but as I am my dds main carer and only just applied for her, I don't think I'd even be accepted.

I am also my son's main carer and it wasn't taken into account at all. In fact in the decision letter they said that they couldn't take any care/care needs for him.

Have a read through the free stuff on the B&W site. I did have a medical at home but that wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. Much better than the ESA medical.

My friend has auto immune disease of the joints, so is housebound / bedbound a significant amount of the time.

She hasn't worked for 15+ years due to this, but hasn't wanted to claim DLA because it is "giving up" and has listened to various people telling her DLA is for scroungers etc.... She has lived in IB (£113 a fortnight, so less than 3K a year) for all of this time

So, now her doc has assigned a care manager / SW to sort out community alarms, mobility aids etc. She is still concerned she isn't eligible for DLA wtf... but is now waking up to the fact that this money would actually improve her life significantly, and I will fill in the forms for her as getting DWP person to do it is seriously stressing her out

Do you have a link to the relevant part of the Benefits and Work site?

Am now subscribed to B&W site - looks great. I hope I get a result, and friend was right to not accept the form filling in being done by a DWP person - I am not sure how proactive a DWP person would be on her behalf, and how much they'd just put down bog standard info, which would result in a low level award. Friend does lots of voluntary work, runs a club for SN etc, so I'd love to help her big style.

Her SW recommended she get LA garden people round to sort out the mess, they quoted nearly £500 for a tiny front and back garden. I was able to get the same work quoted for about £50.... Why isn't a SW more wise to stuff like this? Make me quite concerned that things like DLA claims would not be dealt with effectively by said SW.

quick guide also this and the gold standard

I'll have a read through and decide if I have enough brave pills to challenge authority for me