Telephone VS In Person Assessment

EmmaRose

Morning. I have my telephone assessment in a couple of weeks and not feeling very hopeful. Do you think it is easier being "anonomous"? I feel in person the assessor can actually SEE my disabilities. Mine are very obvious but to a random stranger on the phone I am not sure I will be able to explain things clearly or whether they will actually believe me. I am a bit unique in the fact I am trying to do this without the back-up of recent hospital appointments - I dont "do" doctors - though my ailments have all been correctly diagnosed. There are no cures for my problems and it is something you live with and which is getting progressively worse. Never done all this before and very much out of my depth. Thanks for reading.

Ross_Alumni

Hello @emmarose and welcome to the community  

I wish you the very best for your telephone assessment. It's normal to be worried, and it might be worth making some notes that you can have handy during the call. It can sometimes be difficult to describe your condition, especially when you aren't always sure of the questions you'll be asked, so making some notes about how your condition impacts you in relation to the descriptors can be helpful.

This is a very supportive and welcoming site to be a part of so I’m hopeful that you’ll find it to be a positive outlet. Feel free to have a look around and get involved wherever you’d like 😊 I have included below a few of the pages I’d recommend having a look through to get used to things:

• The virtual coffee lounge which is one of our categories, in which we play games and talk about general subjects such as hobbies and interests
• The recent discussions page, which shows an overview of everything happening across the community
• The categories page, which shows a full list of discussion groups on the community

If you have any questions at all then don’t hesitate to ask.