Hi all, I’m an appointee and have received the form for my nephew. He has remained undiagnosed all his life but anybody, including the appointee assessor, could see he has severe social issues that put him on the autistic spectrum and is unable to function socially. This has never been addressed by his parents so I am therefore filling a form in with zero medical info to back up the claim. He did have the help of Social Services at one point when his anxiety spilled over and he ended up in a homeless situation. Other than that, he has never had any help for just getting through life and it’s so sad. I really want him to get this benefit because he has no capacity to help himself as when applying for anything, he is easily fobbed off because he has no idea how to assert himself and any conflict causes him an exceptional level of anxiety. Shall I just put “undiagnosed extreme social anxiety condition” or something like that? I feel if I put anything to do with autism they will want proof and as his needs have been neglected all his life, we have none. Any advice would be welcome.
