help with PIP question

steveo44

hello there everyone I’m Steve from Northern Ireland 😊

Bluebell21

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steveo44

hi bluebell21 thanks 🙂

steveo44

hi everyone for the planning journey of the mobility component I have suffered from clonic epileptic seizures I know a wheelchair isn’t counted but say I needed one for spinal fractures due to the anti seizure medication and no warning seizures I would probably get zero points

Jimm_Alumni

Hello @steveo44 😊 welcome to the Scope online community! I just want to clarify, is this about PIP or ADP?

If so, it's often a good question to ask yourself, how does having Clonic epileptic seizures change how you plan a journey compared to someone without clonic epiletpic seizures would plan the journey? It may help to have someone consider this alongside you. I know with my Crohns I needed someone there without Crohns to properly ground me as I had spent years at that point with Crohns. I had forgot what living without it was like.

steveo44

hi jimm its pip im in Northern Ireland yes crowns is bad this is a. Renewal first time I got enhanced but with no warning you hit anything so I fractured my whole spine but I always have assistance with me at all times thanks for getting back to me

poppy123456

For epilepsy it would be following and planning a journey. For spinal conditions, if you have difficult walking then it would be the moving around part.

steveo44

thank you poppy its my first review for the moving around how about stairlifts I know stairs aren’t in the criteria

poppy123456

Stairlifts are not relevant because as you correctly stated, stairs are not taken into consideration for any of the descriptors.