Can i claim for my daughter?

pember

Hi  my daughter is 9 years of age she finding hard with her reading and spelling and some times she get her 9 mix up looking like b. The school have told me that my daughter has a delecya when to my doctor with a report from school hard nothing back was just wondering if I could go and see can I claim for her it's been 4 months ago still waiting for someone to get back to me 

steve51

Hi @pember

Good Afternoon & Welcome it’s great to meet you today.

We have got some help/advice on “Benefit’s” on our “Community”

I am one of the “Community Champion’s” on our site.

Please please let me know how I can help/support you????

@steve51

Antonia_Alumni

Hi @pember
Thank you for sharing this with us.

You may be interested in our page on benefits, which includes a benefits calculator to find out what benefits you can claim. Our parenting advisor, @KellyParentAdvisor is here if you have further questions.

poppy123456

Hi,

To claim DLA for a child you need to show they need more care, attention or supervision than a child of the same age who isn't disabled. Evidence will be needed to support a claim too. https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/sick-or-disabled-people-and-carers/disability-living-allowance/

sarah31

If the only extra care she needs is with reading and writing, it’s unlikely she’ll be awarded. 
There are parents with children who have epilepsy, cerebral palsy, autism etc who can’t get dla without a fight. 
You’d probably need proof she has lots of help in school and lots of doctors reports before they’d consider it.