Pip for myself and my child?

wills95

Hello everyone, I have a question about claiming pip, I have a current award for daily living due to the amount of help I receive for my bipolar autism and fibro. My son who’s 8 also has low functioning autism and is only attending school for half days while they find him a different school that can cater for his needs ect and it’s been mentioned to me a few times why I’m not claiming disability for my son, but I thought I couldn’t as I already claim for it myself? Am I correct in thinking this or should I be claiming for him also? Thank you for any advice given ☺️

poppy123456

As your son is under 16 he can't claim PIP. It would be DLA you'll need to claim for him. Your PIP hasn't nothing to do with any possible DLA award for your son.

For DLA for a child you need to prove that your son has more care and/or attention needs that a child the same age who doesn't have a disability.

https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/financial-support/help-with-benefits/disability-living-allowance

https://www.gov.uk/disability-living-allowance-children

wills95

poppy123456 said:

As your son is under 16 he can't claim PIP. It would be DLA you'll need to claim for him. Your PIP hasn't nothing to do with any possible DLA award for your son.

For DLA for a child you need to prove that your son has more care and/or attention needs that a child the same age who doesn't have a disability.

https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/financial-support/help-with-benefits/disability-living-allowance

https://www.gov.uk/disability-living-allowance-children

That makes so much more sense now thank you for clarifying this  

L_Volunteer

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alsknessnesss4

I was led to believe, you cannot claim DLA for your child, as well as claiming pip?

poppy123456

alsknessnesss4 said:

I was led to believe, you cannot claim DLA for your child, as well as claiming pip?

That's completely incorrect. Claiming DLA for a child has nothing at all to do with a PIP claim for yourself and vice versa.

disabledmom

Just for assurance my two children have dla and I've applied for pip.

L_Volunteer

Thanks for sharing this with us @disabledmom. I am sure your experiences will be invaluable for anyone experiencing anything similar