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CP - gone from high DLA to standard PIP - help?

hi i was born with cerebral palsy, i have been on DLA for years. high mobility and middle care, but was transfered to pip witch only reward me standard on both. can you help
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Welcomw to the community! Have you considered appealing the decision?
Disability Gamechanger - 2019
Disability Gamechanger - 2019
Ask for a mandatory reconsideration. Don't worry too much about this, as it doesn't usually change the decision - but it has to be done before you can appeal. Be clear about what points you should have got (you need to get 12 points in the mobility activity to get the enhanced rate, and it sounds as if you were very close if you got 11).
You can look at the self-test here. Use it to explain in the MR request what points you should have got, and why. But there's no need to write lots here, because the main thing is to get the MR process done sooner rather than later.
Ask for the assessor's report too, but at this stage it's not worth going through everything that is wrong with it (there may be a lot!) Do however point out any major disagreements (eg if you think you should have scored points on an activity and they've put no points, say WHY you should get points). You may end up repeating this info in your appeal - so the work won't be wasted. On the other hand if you are struggling with all this the main thing is to get the MR request in quickly.
About your car, you can use the transitional scheme from Motability to keep it for a bit longer, and I recommend that you think about this. More information here too.
I'd also wonder about contacting your MP (or getting a member of the family to do this for you). We need MPs to know that disabled people are STILL losing out because of PIP decisions and in this case, you could end up really isolated as a result of this decision. It needs to be challenged. There's lots of support here. You could also see if your local Citizens Advice or a disability information centre can help, especially if you need to take it to appeal stage.
I really hope you get this changed.
Will