This! I get some people genuinely need priority but most are struggling and again not on this page but other social media pages people seem to abuse the priority system to not wait the 15 plus weeks.
With my child's behaviours they take food like consistently doent matter if frozen or fresh they'll eat it, my food bills cost around 400 pounds plus a month and I still have to replace things and I can't sustain this anymore, I've had to not pay gas/electricity to buy food, I have a padlock on the door and they break into the kitchen to get to the food it's something they fixate on...not to mention the holes in walls/doors, cut up/ soiled clothes(not just their own but other childrens too), smashed beds, ripped up bedding, and pulled down wardrobes after meltdowns.
I was very hesitant to claim dla as although I know their needs are way more than a child of their age I didn't want someone I didn't know judging, and with only the 3 diagnoses they have and asc refereral and salt referral just being put in i didnt think theyd get it, they may not still but the costs are getting rediclious and I'd like to make them a sensory part of their room where hopefully they'll be able to go and relax and regulate and communication aids as although they're verbal they don't communicate very well at all, has no sense of emotion or empathy or understanding.