DLA WAIT TIMES THREAD 55

[zoeybrooks45]

Hello everybody, I have made a new thread please put in your scan date, hopefully we hear some good news this month. please be kind and feel free to share scan date, entitlement award and what child is diagnosed with as others in similar position can feel uplifted in these stressful times. 💐

New claims (NC) are taking ‘around’ 20 weeks.
Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) & Change Of Circumstances (COC) between 20-25 weeks approx.
Renewals between 15-20 weeks approx
tribunals: when you disagree with MR and are considered by a court

scan date (SD) date form was scanned on the system and counting weeks for decision

original claim date: date you called up for the forms and you will be backdated

UC : universal credit
DWP: department of work and pensions
DM: decision maker; the person who assesses each claim and awards/decline a case

number for an update (0800) 121-4600

currently we are beginning of July and some last June dates! xx

This is what I’m saying. Two family members had their children the same month I had my boy, so when they started hitting milestones my son didn’t I started questioning what is going on. This was around age 1. Where I live we had to wait till 2 to put referrals and everything in. Then at 3 fully diagnosed, severely autistic. I always knew my child was autistic and extremely delayed in all areas based off of comparisons of children the same age

This is true. I am thinking it’s going to help. On love him. It’s so stressful isn’t it x

It really is. Once his understanding gets better it’ll be a lot easier however atm we have very limited understanding and he’s completely non verbal. One day hoping for speech but we’re happy with any progress no matter how small🙏

Hi ,
How do I go about my child being denied the mobility component please ,She was awarded middle rate care but no.mobilty the reasons being she was able to walk without the need for supervision .
She is 9 ,Suffers with extreme anxiety, Has meltdowns in unfamiliar places ,Has no sense of danger .
Unable to go into crowded places
Very easily distracted.
Has spd .
awaiting asd assessment.
camhs have diagnoised her with aniety .
I wrote this on the forms & provided evidence from the gp ,her counsellor and senco & camhs .

Thanks for the advice .

Has anyone seen any awards this weekend, im getting nervous now waiting x

Ask for statement of reasons to start the MR process. Then once you have them, you’ll be able to bullet point why you disagree with the decision and cross reference with your evidence. Good luck

Thank you for your response .
May I.just ask would doing an MR just be the mobility part or the whole claim ?
Sorry for all the questions, I've never done an MR before this is new to.me .

Thank you lovely

I've checked the Facebook pages all day and not a single award, must be their weekend off! X

No awards at all this weekend by the looks of it. I can see this back log getting even bigger 🙄

Hi, you can do a MR just for the mobility part. That’s what we are doing. I believe it asks on the form what part of their decision you are seeking a mandatory reconsideration on.

Thank you for the information, It's much appericate!

Good Luck to you ❤️

they can look at the whole award again. It’s going to be going to another decision maker, there’s a chance the award can be lower, higher or taken away completely. That’s the risk we take

They might, but my thoughts are with the huge backlogs they have I don’t even think they are looking at the evidence provided let alone the whole claim. Like you said it is a risk. If they stop a claim you can do a new one and if they reduce then over to tribunal

It’s been silent on the award front. Hopefully good news for people on Monday.

If I don’t get an answer on Monday, I think I’ll go insane! X

MR today from 25th June, nothing else posted

I’m gonna give a call on Monday. Hoping for some hopeful news!
wishful thinking

I feel the same. Next week is going to be a long week. I work Tuesday and Wednesday so if when I call on Monday and there's no decision I won't have the chance to call again until Thursday and I know I'll be going crazy. Really hoping to see lots of awards (including ours) on Monday 🤞

I was 21 weeks on Friday and I’ve now gone 3 weekends beyond everyone else from my SD 😫. I really hope you get some good news next week. Best of luck to everyone ❤️

You've done so amazing waiting so long, and remaining positive and supportive to everyone else at the same time. Really hope you get a positive outcome on Monday and they don't make you wait any longer.

I do hope you get your decision on Monday. It’ll be 15 weeks for us on Tuesday so potentially another 10 to go 😩

Aww that’s so sweet thank you 🥰. I’m gonna be so anxious tomorrow x

Thank you. Oooh I really hope it’s not that long for you x

It’s natural to draw comparisons. They even say that the child’s needs need to be greater than a child of the same age so they are drawing comparisons too. Like I don’t know any 13 year olds that can’t tell the time unless it’s in digital format etc to be fair when we claimed he was awarded HRC from the offset