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Will this go against me?

I had my PIP assessment yesterday and was asked how long can I walk for in minutes. I have said 5 but have realised it is much less than this, more like 2, but I do walk slow. I have arthritis and fibromyalgia. Will this go against me. I get very confused and I'm fuming at myself for not thinking straight.
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Disability Gamechanger - 2019
Surely, if you are walking that slowly - 40m/ minute i.e. half 'normal speed' - you won't satisfy the reliability criteria....
+ in a reasonable time period – no more than twice as long as the maximum period that a non-disabled person would normally take to complete that activity
(... just interested as my assessor seemed to get in a muddle over this...)
Can you plan a route, work out which bus to get, walk to the bus stop?
Or drive?
Or did someone bring you?
And quite easy to answer as well!
So, if you’ve bought a stick that was recommended by an NHS medical professional but which the NHS don’t provide then that’s fine. If on the other hand you just bought a stick without the say so of a medical professional then the advice about damage is good advice.
My point about the shopping trolley is that whilst it’s an ordinary everyday item it clearly is an aid if used for different purposes than the general population. However, where does it score points. There’s no daily living activity it’s relevant to and it’s only actually relevant to mobility 2c, 2d or 2e. In those activities you don’t score points for aids. You score points for lack of covering a distance reliably. The use of a shopping trolley is one example where your distance would be limited but the shopping trolley itself is just illustrative. You would never score points just for using one. It would depend on your overall walking ability.