Adhd autusim

Catherine21
Catherine21 Online Community Member Posts: 9,559 Championing
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Can the DWP state that adhd and autuism may be harder to claim pip is this not disgrimantion ? Seen few articles from benefits and work stating Dwp retracted iformation on training for assessors on adhd and autuism and mentions in the pip call for evidence should be pip be given for less severe mental health issues and mentioned adhd and autuism can see the way this is going what are peoples thoughts ?

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  • MW123
    MW123 Scope Member Posts: 2,052 Championing

    @Catherine21

    I saw the Benefits & Work post you mentioned, and I think the wording in it can easily sound worrying. I just wanted to explain the simple version of what happened.

    The DWP removed some training notes for PIP assessors because the wording wasn’t very clear. The notes said things like people with ADHD or autism might be less likely to meet some PIP rules. This was written in a way that could easily be taken the wrong way and make it sound like ADHD or autism don’t count for PIP, which isn’t true.

    Because of that, the DWP took those parts out of the training to stop misunderstandings and to make sure assessors don’t make assumptions. The PIP rules themselves haven’t changed. PIP is still based on how your condition affects your daily life.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Online Community Member Posts: 9,559 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1112043#Comment_1112043

    Oh thankyou once again read these things and start to panic very grateful for your respones really helps people so grateful

  • SheffieldMan1976
    SheffieldMan1976 Posts: 617 Connected

    Yep, the DWP are just pointlessly making it harder to claim for anything, because certain people are currently crying about the VERY high Benefits Bill in general in the UK.

  • SwiftFox
    SwiftFox Online Community Member Posts: 767 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1112048#Comment_1112048

    Not crying but alarmed how the bill keeps going up.

  • SheffieldMan1976
    SheffieldMan1976 Posts: 617 Connected
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1112101#Comment_1112101

    Yeah, and it pains me to say this but more and more people are "signing on" and claiming benefits due to the extreme difficulty in getting a job, especially for us disabled folk, and even worse, I know for a fact there's people out there that's claiming for "bad backs" and other ailments, yet they're climbing Ladders and doing other stuff they claim to not physically be able to do.

  • SwiftFox
    SwiftFox Online Community Member Posts: 767 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1112105#Comment_1112105

    Exactly, it's making it worse for people who are genuinely ill.

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