I created one of the campaign election videos for Labour, and Jeremy Corbyn,
This is a new version of Emeli Sande, Hope "You Are Not Alone
You can see the video here.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P5o8hRHh9IY
Have you not thought about buying your own car? It would remove the fear of losing a car at the whim of the assessor/DWP.hunnybunny123 said:I don't drive never Have My hubby is my carer and he drives the car.
I agree with @twanker.....unless you particularly want a brand-new one you can get some good deals on 2nd hand. Cheaper, and it's yours so you don't have to worry about the problems that you're having with DWP...twonker said:Have you not thought about buying your own car? It would remove the fear of losing a car at the whim of the assessor/DWP.hunnybunny123 said:I don't drive never Have My hubby is my carer and he drives the car.
Many that have lost out with Motability have gone that way. In fact a large proportion of ex Motability users buy their Motability car. They have known it from new and it is far cheaper than buying a new car.
I know of one person that bought their mobility car quite a few years back when he realised that PIP was on the horizon. The cost to him was his Mobility payment which was equal to the finance payments over 3 years. He still continues to be paid the mobility element of PIP now and the £260 a months he gets funds the payment for another car. He is to take delivery of his next car next week, a top of the range 18 month old Range Rover Evoque. After his part ex he has borrowed £10,000 over 4 years - £250 a month.cristobal said:I agree with @twanker.....unless you particularly want a brand-new one you can get some good deals on 2nd hand. Cheaper, and it's yours so you don't have to worry about the problems that you're having with DWP...twonker said:Have you not thought about buying your own car? It would remove the fear of losing a car at the whim of the assessor/DWP.hunnybunny123 said:I don't drive never Have My hubby is my carer and he drives the car.
Many that have lost out with Motability have gone that way. In fact a large proportion of ex Motability users buy their Motability car. They have known it from new and it is far cheaper than buying a new car.
It's well worth considering - although you will have to fund it yourself if DWP don't reinstate your mobility award.....
Wrong. Fibromyalgia can also affect cognitive ability and is not purely a physical condition.ilovecats said:Poppy is correct. Fibromyalgia is a physical condition that generally will score in mobility due to the pain when walking. To score Enhanced and therefore a mobility car you have to only be able to walk 20m or less, which generally only those who are very disabled cannot do.poppy123456 said:Hi,For the mobility part there's 2 activities, following and planning a journey and moving around. The conditions which you mention above won't score you any points for following and planning a journey because this is for mental health, cognitive and sensory impairments.If your conditions make it difficult for you to walk then it's the moving around part that you should have concentrated on because this is what you could score points in.Was it a PIP review or did you transfer from DLA?
Activity 11, even if someone score 11F they will not be entitled to a mobility car, due to the cognitive, sensory or mental health impairment that would prevent them from driving safely
Carmen M. Galvez-Sánchez, Gustavo A. Reyes del Paso, and Stefan Duschek
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic condition characterized by widespread pain accompanied by symptoms like depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance and fatigue. In addition, affected patients frequently report cognitive disruption such as forgetfulness, concentration difficulties or mental slowness. Though cognitive deficits in FMS have been confirmed in various studies, not much is known about the mechanisms involved in their origin. This study aimed to investigate the contribution of affect-related variables to cognitive impairments in FMS. For this purpose, 67 female FMS patients and 32 healthy control subjects completed a battery of cognitive tests measuring processing speed, attention, visuospatial and verbal memory, cognitive flexibility and planning abilities. In addition, participants completed self-report questionnaires pertaining to positive and negative affect, alexithymia, pain catastrophizing and self-esteem. Clinical characteristics including pain severity, symptoms of depression and anxiety, insomnia and fatigue were also assessed.
FMS patients showed markedly poorer performance than healthy controls in all of the cognitive domains assessed, in addition to greater levels of depression, anxiety, negative affect, alexithymia and pain catastrophizing, and lower self-esteem and positive affect. In exploratory correlation analysis in the FMS sample, lower cognitive performance was associated with higher pain severity, depression, anxiety, negative affect, alexithymia and pain catastrophizing, as well as lower self-esteem and positive affect. However, in regression analyses, pain, self-esteem, alexithymia, and pain catastrophizing explained the largest portion of the variance in performance.
While interference effects of clinical pain in cognition have been previously described, the present findings suggest that affective factors also substantially contribute to the genesis of cognitive impairments. They support the notion that affective disturbances form a crucial aspect of FMS pathology, whereas strategies aiming to improve emotional regulation may be a beneficial element of psychological therapy in the management of FMS.
djbantiques said:Wrong. Fibromyalgia can also affect cognitive ability and is not purely a physical condition.ilovecats said:Poppy is correct. Fibromyalgia is a physical condition that generally will score in mobility due to the pain when walking. To score Enhanced and therefore a mobility car you have to only be able to walk 20m or less, which generally only those who are very disabled cannot do.poppy123456 said:Hi,For the mobility part there's 2 activities, following and planning a journey and moving around. The conditions which you mention above won't score you any points for following and planning a journey because this is for mental health, cognitive and sensory impairments.If your conditions make it difficult for you to walk then it's the moving around part that you should have concentrated on because this is what you could score points in.Was it a PIP review or did you transfer from DLA?
Activity 11, even if someone score 11F they will not be entitled to a mobility car, due to the cognitive, sensory or mental health impairment that would prevent them from driving safely
As an ex health care professional I would have expected you to know this. Maybe this explains why so many of the assessors get it wrong.
@djbantiques -
is it reasonable to expect assessors to know about every condition? There can't be many doctors who do are there?
Surely if a claimant had claimed that fibromyalgia causes them overwhelming psychological distress (in relation to the moving around descriptor) then the assessor would check whether this were plausible/ supported by their GP/ medicated etc...
One poster made a comment a while back about claiming along the lines of 'I don't care what society thinks go get claiming'ilovecats said:cristobal said:djbantiques said:Wrong. Fibromyalgia can also affect cognitive ability and is not purely a physical condition.ilovecats said:Poppy is correct. Fibromyalgia is a physical condition that generally will score in mobility due to the pain when walking. To score Enhanced and therefore a mobility car you have to only be able to walk 20m or less, which generally only those who are very disabled cannot do.poppy123456 said:Hi,For the mobility part there's 2 activities, following and planning a journey and moving around. The conditions which you mention above won't score you any points for following and planning a journey because this is for mental health, cognitive and sensory impairments.If your conditions make it difficult for you to walk then it's the moving around part that you should have concentrated on because this is what you could score points in.Was it a PIP review or did you transfer from DLA?
Activity 11, even if someone score 11F they will not be entitled to a mobility car, due to the cognitive, sensory or mental health impairment that would prevent them from driving safely
As an ex health care professional I would have expected you to know this. Maybe this explains why so many of the assessors get it wrong.@djbantiques -
is it reasonable to expect assessors to know about every condition? There can't be many doctors who do are there?
Surely if a claimant had claimed that fibromyalgia causes them overwhelming psychological distress (in relation to the moving around descriptor) then the assessor would check whether this were plausible/ supported by their GP/ medicated etc...
So many people try to claim PIP for fibro because it’s hard to prove/disprove. it’s insulting to the people who actually have it formally diagnosed and are trying all the different treatments to help themselves.