Is this the fastest DLA turnaround ever?

[lougle]

6 days from receipt to award made!

She's been downgraded from HRM to LRM, but keeps her HRC, which I expected.

The best but is that she's been awarded until June 2022 -she'll be 19.6 then, so no more DLA in her childhood.

I won't miss filling those forms in.

Dd3's new claim took 3 weeks which I was impressed with.

Hers has been awarded until she is 16 too.

Am more than happy

Wow! That's amazingly quick!

Great news on not needing to fill another child's one in :)

'Til 16 is really good for a first claim, Ineed! DD1 got 2 years when she was 3.0 and 3 years when she was 5. That claim will expire in December when she turns 8, then this one will run for 8½ years until she's 16½. Hmm...just shows how tired I was earlier - I knew something didn't seem right when I said they'd taken her until 19½

I have to say I am still in shock. I suppose now that Dd3 is 11 her issues stand out even more and I was able to get loads of info down on the form.

Scarily if she had been born 4 weeks earlier she would have started secondary school this year and yet she cant cross the road or use a knife and fork effectively or know when she needs clean clothes.

I should have applied for Dla a long time ago but I suppose I couldnt see how big the gap had got between her and her peer group

Hey ho, the back pay bought her a weighted blanket which hasnt arrived yet but she is going to love

I thought they were planning to review everyone by 2015 and move them onto PIP if necessary?

PIP is adults only right now. Who knows when Children will be moved over. I have to say that I figured they can't have any really clear plans, or they wouldn't be issuing a date for 2022.

I have to say that I found this time so much easier to claim. Now that DD1 is almost 8, it seemed ludicrous to say 'and this is significantly different to her peers because...'. It's very obvious that most 8 year olds don't need encouragement to eat, don't need constant supervision, etc. So I was a bit more relaxed this time.

I knew the HRM would go. I would still argue that they should have a MRM for children like DD1 (and so many on here) who are far exceed the LRM requirements but fall short of the criteria for HRM.

The LRM wording they've used doesn't touch on the falls, trips, stumbles, fatigue, etc. that she experiences. But I can't say she's virtually unable to walk, and her behaviour isn't bad enough to qualify for the SMI route.

Does it? I looked up the DWP doc on switchover from DLA to PIP

On 28 October 2013 we will start inviting individuals living in Wales, East Midlands, West Midlands and East Anglia to claim PIP if:
•we receive information about a change in care or mobility needs
•their fixed term award is due to expire
•children turn 16 years old (unless they have been awarded DLA under the Special Rules for terminally ill people) or
•an individual chooses to claim PIP instead of their DLA

so far so good - then at the end of the doc:

From October 2015 we plan to start to contact everyone else receiving DLA inviting them to claim PIP. We will write to individuals in plenty of time and they do not need to contact DWP now. We expect to have contacted everyone who needs to claim PIP by late 2017.

"There are no plans to replace DLA for children under 16 or for DLA recipients who were aged 65 and over on 8 April 2013." www.gov.uk/government/policies/simplifying-the-welfare-system-and-making-sure-work-pays/supporting-pages/introducing-personal-independence-payment

My daughter will be 16 next Spring and I'm really dreading the change over to PIP and associated forms

Honestly? From what I can see, it's easier to get PIP than DLA for people with general learning disabilities/autism. By the time you've got their communication needs scored and personal care, they've topped the 12 points.

Just got the form to renew my daughter's DLA although she will be 16 when her award runs out. I thought it would be a claim pack for PIP. It's just the adult DLA forms.

I think it's because she can't be transferred to PIP until she's actually 16. Perhaps they can't decide a claim on PIP for a 15 year old, even if the effective change is after they are 16?

When children approach 16 they will be sent a letter asking them to apply for PIP. As yet it is only being rolled out in East Anglia, East and West Midlands and Wales as yet

Great, with any luck then I can do these DLA forms and then when she turns 16 in a few months, be 'invited' to apply for PIP. Yippee!

Great news lougle!

Our first application for DLA was declined just 2 working days from receipt, in September. Asked for a reconsideration 7 weeks ago but no word yet, really wish I had got myself some proper support/advice filling out the forms in the first place!

That's hard, Siphonophore. Did you use the cerebra guide?