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PIP AUTISM
Hi I'm looking for advice for a up and coming pip assessment which is now face to face. The issue is I have hypersensitivity to noise, cooking including Taste Smell Texture. I have sensory issues with washing and bathing which includes issues with regulating my body temperature. I am not always able to distinguish between…
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Mandatory reconsideration help
I wasn’t awarded pip as my assessor used my degree against me. In secondary school I couldn’t get help from my school as I didn’t know about neurodivergence and my family don’t believe in mental health issues or neurodivergence. Therefore I had to go through school without any official help. However I went to tutoring…
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PIP REVIEW
I’m helping my son fill in his review form, wow the new form is worse than an initial PIP form, I just can’t understand it, he’s on enhanced for both categories I’m scared if I don’t say proper stuff that he suffers with that he could loose it, they don’t seem to want you to write loads but I’m trying & I can’t seem to…
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What are the chances that assessments for ESA and PIP will be postponed due to Coronavirus?
Seeing as the vulnerable will soon be kept in lockdown will the DWP just postpone all assessments for the foreseeable future?
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PIP decision without assessment 😯
Hi guys. I need to vent a bit. My current PIP decision ends in March 2026,but I received a renewal form to fill out in July of this year. Today I received a text message saying my review is complete and that I'll receive a decision letter within two weeks. I've been on PIP since 2019 and have always had an assessment…
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Pip review confused
Hi NNot sure if anyone can advice or help but my partner received a text a few days ago saying pip review decision complete will receive a letter normally within 2 weeks I did see if you rang the pip helpline you can sometimes tell if pip will.continue of they tell you next payment amount I did then ring the helpline and…
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i use hearing aid.i applied for pip but been denied on the basis i can do things unaided.is that ok?
i am deaf in left ear.i have congenital deafness.i use hearing aid.i applied for pip but been denied on the basis i can do things unaided.is that ok
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Mobility
hi I was given enhanced mobility last award(no more than 20 metres) On new assessment was asked how long it takes to get to car, even toilet!say it takes me 1-2 minutes depending on day, didn’t ask distance, think it’s a trick ! Minutes rather than distance, just me being dubious and mistrusting 1.brisk pace - >90 metres…
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PIP payments stopped despite PIP award
I help my son with his PIP applications, he was granted PIP from July 2020 to Dec 2023. In Apr 23, he was asked to complete an ‘Award Review’, which we did. In Nov 23, he received a letter stating as they had not yet been able to completed the review, the award was extended until Dec 24, or until the review was completed.…
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Motorbility car - will my daughter be declined due to a prior fault claim?
I have just submitted my application for a mobility car. I have added my daughter on the policy as she done majority of the driving for me when I’m unwell. She has a fault claim from June 2023. Is she going to be declined to be insured due to this? Anyone’s experience? The scheme website states that the no fault claims in…
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esa
Hello dose anyone know is new stayle esa changeing because I am unsire
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PIP backdated advice
Dear Forum I was advised in February 2023 to apply for higher rate PIP from an advisor from Veterans UK, who helped me complete my forms. In July 2023 I had a phone consultation and this resulted in my claim remaining at the standard rate, which I couldn't understand so I appealed the decision, with my first Tribunal…
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DLA renewal MR
hi my sons DLA has just been renewed at the same rate, he has received DLA since he was around 5 years old, he is now 12, I was told years ago by an expert we should of done a MR as he should be receiving high rate, I sent his ehcp and a very detailed sensory 32 page report along with other info, I believe I have a month…
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Pip
Hello My brother receives pip & it’s due to end in October so he has a new claims form, both times he claimed pip before he was turned down but won both times. He has Schizoid personality disorder, social anxiety, depression, dyslexia and lumbarization of the S1 disc, he also wears hearing aids as he can’t hear and even…
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Phone call
I have a telephone PIP assessment coming up next Tuesday. I am currently on PIP low rate care + Low rate mobility. I have never had a telephone assessment before. I am worried about the assessment because I really struggle to make phone calls. My anxiety is very bad if I have to speak over the phone + sometimes I can’t…
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Change of drs surgeries and informing PIP
HHello Everyine I last posted about changing my drs surgeries This took place yesterday probably over the past week as yesterday in got a new medical card with a new GPS name in it. This morning I rang that new surgery and they confirmed I am on their practice now. So I then phoned pip... April many questions I could've…
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Motobility
I have a terminal illness so I’m never getting any better just worse among other illnesses and problems such as I need a operation on my spine and disc my hands and knees suffer with arthritis which means sooner or later I will have to be driven around or have a adapted vehicle I have copd and asthma which prevents me from…
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What Discounts And Free Help Is Available With Pip
I am on PIP, and struggling due to all the extra costs with my health getting worse. I am just wondering what extra help and discounts is available on PIP. I know about the waterside scheme and companion tickets. Just wondering if there is any other help available
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Do I need to inform dla of another Diagnosis or can it wait?
My son has just been diagnosed with Autism.I am so anxious about informing Dla incase they stop his current claim so can I just wait until his claim is up to renewed in a couple of years and let them know then?.His needs are still the same so he doesn't need or qualify for a higher rate so its just the diagnosis that's…
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Follow the money from my EsaCredit for carers
Credit for careers my partner think that he paying me out of his pip for me to be his careers and I he said that the careers allowance I get I got to give it him because he said that money for him
