I currently receive tax credits for my two children. This
includes my 19 year autistic son who I claim pip for on his behalf.
He will be leaving the education system soon so tax credits
will stop. My question is, do I apply for universal credit for him or shall I
get him to apply in his own right ?
He struggles making sensible financial decisions but at the
same time I do want him to try to learn some independent life skills as I won’t
be around forever there is no other family to help.
Can other parents please give me some advice?
He looks and can at times come across as
‘normal’ however, he has the emotional regulation of a toddler and very limited social skills. He has been vulnerable to
bullies in his school/college life. Despite all the issues he faced, he never
had an EHIC but managed to scrape some reasonable exam results. He also suffers
anxiety and depression and has had paranoid episodes in the past. He is on medication for this.
Ideally I would like for him to get a job of some type but I worry about what type of work he could do but in the meantime until we find some type of work he will need UC.
Any advice would be appreciated, thank you for reading this.
