help with PIP question

steveo44
steveo44 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
edited January 2025 in PIP, DLA, ADP & AA

hello there everyone Iโ€™m Steve from Northern Ireland ๐Ÿ˜Š

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  • steveo44
    steveo44 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener

    hi bluebell21 thanks ๐Ÿ™‚

  • steveo44
    steveo44 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener

    hi everyone for the planning journey of the mobility component I have suffered from clonic epileptic seizures I know a wheelchair isnโ€™t counted but say I needed one for spinal fractures due to the anti seizure medication and no warning seizures I would probably get zero points

  • Jimm_Alumni
    Jimm_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,713 Championing

    Hello @steveo44 ๐Ÿ˜Š welcome to the Scope online community! I just want to clarify, is this about PIP or ADP?

    If so, it's often a good question to ask yourself, how does having Clonic epileptic seizures change how you plan a journey compared to someone without clonic epiletpic seizures would plan the journey? It may help to have someone consider this alongside you. I know with my Crohns I needed someone there without Crohns to properly ground me as I had spent years at that point with Crohns. I had forgot what living without it was like.

  • steveo44
    steveo44 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener

    hi jimm its pip im in Northern Ireland yes crowns is bad this is a. Renewal first time I got enhanced but with no warning you hit anything so I fractured my whole spine but I always have assistance with me at all times thanks for getting back to me

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,456 Championing

    For epilepsy it would be following and planning a journey. For spinal conditions, if you have difficult walking then it would be the moving around part.

  • steveo44
    steveo44 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener

    thank you poppy its my first review for the moving around how about stairlifts I know stairs arenโ€™t in the criteria

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,456 Championing

    Stairlifts are not relevant because as you correctly stated, stairs are not taken into consideration for any of the descriptors.

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