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Can i claim for my daughter?
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pember
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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
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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.
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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/
I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help. -
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.
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