Is this for all disabled people re pip

dorayme
dorayme Online Community Member Posts: 20 Connected
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  • dorayme
    dorayme Online Community Member Posts: 20 Connected

    is this for all disabled people who suffer pain as soon as they start to walk.

    ”significant new legal judgment holds that while someone may 'push through pain' in order to continue walking this does not mean that they are walking to an "acceptable standard" for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) purposes.

    The new judgment means that consideration should not only be given to whether a disabled claimant can reliably walk up to 20 metres or 50 metres in total.

    In addition, consideration should also be given to whether they are walking through pain before reaching 20 metres or 50 metres.”

  • dorayme
    dorayme Online Community Member Posts: 20 Connected
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/907876#Comment_907876

    me too. I’m in pain the moment I start walking :(

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 9,376 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Heya @dorayme

    With regard to PIP, this has always been the case, but they've not made it common knowledge until now. If you cannot do something 51% of the time reliably, safely, or in a reasonable time, you're classed as being unable to do that descriptor.

    So if I can walk 50 meters in a normal time, but I then have to rest up for a day afterwards as I could not complete the walk again, I'd be classed as unable to walk 50 meters. Or if I was in constant pain during that walk, I'd be unable to do said 50 meters.

    I hope that makes sense.

  • dorayme
    dorayme Online Community Member Posts: 20 Connected

    thank you :)

  • egister
    egister Posts: 843 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/907870#Comment_907870

    Link?

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