Hi, my name is dannistar! My son turns 16 in August, and I'm worried about the PIP process

dannistar

We received a letter from DWP about my sons Pip as he is 16 in august. I’m so worried he will not receive what I believe he should continue to get from DLA. My son has Cerebral palsy speech & language difficulties including severe receptive & expressive difficulties , he has short term memory loss and Social and emotional difficulties due to anxiety and a specific learning disability. 

Hope you are all well. I am the worlds worst worrier and could do with someone else who understands how stressful this process is. 

Thank you.
Danni. 

janer1967

Hi and welcome to the community. 
We understand how stressful the process is as lots of us have to go through it 

All you can do is fill the form in with detail of how he is affected give 2 real life examples for each descriptor 

Fingers crossed and let us know how it goes 

Tori_Scope

Welcome to the community @dannistar

As Janer1967 has said, many of our members have been through the PIP process so they can understand your worries. Do you have any particular concerns about the process? Have you familiarised yourself with the descriptors? 

dannistar

Hi all
no I’m not familiar with the descriptors 

calcotti

dannistar said:

Hi all
no I’m not familiar with the descriptors 

Have a thorough read of this 
https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/personal-independence-payment-pip/pip-points-system

dannistar

Wow that’s  perfect thank you

Caz_Alumni

Really glad that you found that info helpful @dannistar

Thanks @calcotti for the signposting!

@Caz_Scope

dannistar

Thank you all

dannistar

Thank you all for the welcome  

Ross_Alumni

Welcome to the community @dannistar  

dannistar

May I ask how people  who comment on all
these post know so much about pip & dwp etc? Like have some of you been there done that or do you/have you worked for the dwp ? Are you or were you assessors etc 
Thank you just curious. 

dannistar

Is there anyone I can talk to here privately please ?

Ross_Alumni

Hi @dannistar

If you want to chat with us privately you can contact our email inbox at community@scope.org.uk. 

Is everything alright?

dannistar

Sorry yes I’m just getting myself in such a stress. Thank you for being so kind with replies.

Tori_Scope

That's okay @dannistar How are you getting on? 

Sammy_1994

Hi dannistar I know how u feel I had to go through the same so talk to ur support work/friends/family/gp to get the best advice 

dannistar

@Tori_Scope, not too bad , I’ve filled in the parts of form I feel I can now awaiting an appointment with CAB to help me further. 

Thank you.

dannistar

Update, a nurse rang for my sons pip claim , had no idea they were calling but answered questions without son being here & she will write her report & someone will get back to us with the outcome. Will update when we hear.

chiarieds

Well done @dannistar - that's the worst part over. Fingers crossed all goes well for your son's claim.

dannistar

Thank you. 

Alex_Alumni

Wishing you all the best for a positive outcome @dannistar and well done for getting through the hardest part