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Hi i have just received my son's medical report from his work capability assessment and am feeling pretty crushed by it tbh. It makes for very depressing reading. They've even put some comment about his GP reporting he finds his supported voluntary work 'challenging' well, i think that must be made up as the gp doesnt really know him. And i definitely didnt say that as i thought he was getting on great there.
Anyway. That is by the by. Under prognosis it says 'i advise that no significant functional change is anticipated'
Does that mean they are unlikely to call him for review anytime soon?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this
Anyway. That is by the by. Under prognosis it says 'i advise that no significant functional change is anticipated'
Does that mean they are unlikely to call him for review anytime soon?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this
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I just couldnt understand how he had not been given LCW and, as you know, that letter that goes onto the work journal doesnt say much.
So i requested the medical report to find out why he had gone into that low group and, reading it, i just feel like he has been written off. It isnt a good feeling.
Maybe i was a bit naieve in thinking the job centre would help him into work. On the day he got the lcwra letter, his work coach cancelled his forthcoming appt and his file was sent to another centre. We were just getting to know his work coach. We felt dumped!
Initially i thought he might be called back for assessment quite soon as he does do bits of supported work. In a way it is good as it means he can try things out in his own time. The report is just so bleak though.
I wasnt prepared for it. Im more optimistic that we will get him into something paid at some point in the long term future. Its hard to think what, but someone will want him.
Now i see my son's friend moving on but my son is sort of 'written off' if that makes sense. So the friend carries on seeing his work coach and stuff but my son's case is now sort of shelved and his work coach no longer replies to us in the journal. Its dealt with by another centre miles away.
And then this report came today stating there is no prospect of functional improvement. It isnt anything we didnt know and my husband is fine with it but i just felt a bit low when i saw that written down.
For me, it seems my son is doing better as he is getting out of the house and my load is much reduced. So i suppose this has shocked me a bit.
It is a good result for him. I know it is. Its just ironic that on my other thread when i said he doesnt have 'severe' autism, i now have a report here that says he is severely disabled!!!!
He definitely is not what i would call severely disabled. Physically, no impairment at all. And he can talk, feed himself, dress himself etc. He should be able to do some low level work im sure.
At least if his pip app fails, i now have this awful medical report as evidence for his appeal! Every cloud . . .
You are spot on about my son only doing well just now due to the support he is getting.
I think it was the way the report is worded that hit me hard. He has had loads of reports done but i suppose this one wasnt written for me. It was for DWP so they havent exactly softened it. I cant imagine any parent being happy at seeing 'no prospect of functional improvement' written about their son/daughter. (Though my husband has taken it in his stride!)
Thanks again for taking the time to reply and put everything in perspective. Im really positive that he will get his pip award and, more importantly, his bus pass!!
Your time and reply are very much appreciated
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Any level of award for pip seems to be ok. It doesnt state mobility or anything.
At the moment, because my son has the middle rate care dla, his bus pass allows him AND a companion to travel free. We hardly ever use the companion but it could be good if he ever did agree to try out a different bus.
Im feeling pretty optimistic about pip tbh. Having seen this gloomy UC report, id be surprised if they turned him down for pip now, especially with no f2f. I sent the same evidence for both uc and pip. I know the benefits are totally seperate but UC have obviously got the impression, from those reports, that he has a severe disability. So i would think pip will come to the same conclusion.
He avoided f2f for UC as well but i noticed on the report today that they had called the GP for extra evidence. This must have been the mystery new evidence. The GP doesnt know my son at all but his support worker went there with him initially to get the ball rolling on his UC claim and it looks like she must have given a comprehensive run down of his difficulties.
Ive been chatting this over with my husband as well tonight and he is totally not surprised at the report and seems completely ok with our son just doing these bits of voluntary work.
Considering i really did believe he would never talk at all when he was very small, he has done amazing. And he has a really lovely nature. Very gentle, very young for his age.
I think i will feel better about it all in the morning. You and my husband have both really helped. Its funny, he went to mainstream school and schools always like to say the positives dont they. And i was often battling the opposite, trying to tell them negative things to ensure he kept his supports at school.
This is what my man said. Im never happy! All through school im trying to highlight all the problems. Now, they are written in black and white, i dont like it!!!