PIP, Cerebral palsy and processing of information, stamina and fatigue

Rainbow_wheelz16

PIP reading and budgeting question.
If you can read, but have limited reading stamina due to CP and processing what you have read, would you be likely to score 2 points?
I get fatigued easily and having to concentrate makes fatigue even quicker. If I'm reading something  I often have to re read several sections again because it has all gone in. (Not sure if it's part of CP and/dyslexia.    The fatigue , processingand stamina have been major issues during my education years, for which I had a SEN, 50% extra time in exam and several multiple extensions to complete assignments. I also have some issues with maths  so I cannot do mental arithmetic and even with it written down would take significantly longer.  I find it very hard to hold numbers in my head and do sums.  I know £1 minus 50, but if you told me to mentally add up 1.59+ 1.37+ 2.98, I wouldn't be able to do this and would take me a long time written down. Will this count?  Thank you. Also, how many others with CP have these problems?

Rainbow_wheelz16

Please repost above as incorrect category. Please post to pip/DLA, ask a benefit advisor

Pippa_Alumni

Hi @Rainbow_wheelz16, I've moved this into our PIP/DLA category where hopefully our members will be able to advise!

Markinsutton

Hello @Rainbow_wheelz16 your situation sounds similar to mine, I have CP and also have a diagnosis of Dyspraxia and scored 2 points for reading and understanding complex language on my PIP. A tip to help is get a text to speech screen reader it does help it still takes time and causes fatigue but it does help not having to follow words on a page.