benefits if you have a disabity

aia1
aia1 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
edited March 19 in Work

i have ms and a bad day i can't walk. started at uni thinking of going back to work if the ms allows it! it said on my student loan page that i'm entitled to disability premium. it said if get pip and i can but this hasn't been added to my payments. how do i get it?

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  • Stellar
    Stellar Online Community Member Posts: 270 Empowering

    Disability premium sounds like smething related to UC. You can only get UC as a student under circumstances.

    side note, but it might be worth looking at desk based work you can do from home.

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 4,206 Championing

    You may be eligible for the Disabled Students Allowance in addition to your student loan. It's not automatically paid, you have to apply for it, which can be done online using the form on here.

    Help if you're a student with a learning difficulty, health problem or disability: Disabled Students' Allowance - GOV.UK

  • aia1
    aia1 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    i am a student and i am getting that. what i meant was the disability premium i am on pip and the site said i can get it. but they havent added it to my money. what can i do?

  • Fuji
    Fuji Online Community Member Posts: 108 Empowering

    There is no disability premium from student loans.

    https://www.gov.uk/disability-premiums/eligibility

    Here is the gov page on disability premiums

    "If you or your partner is getting PIP, you can get a disability premium included in your Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance or Housing Benefit." You have to be getting these benefits to get it.

  • Fuji
    Fuji Online Community Member Posts: 108 Empowering

    If you are studying full time you may be able to get UC in these circumstances

    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/universal-credit-and-students

  • aia1
    aia1 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    i don't get housing benefit we own are own house a mortage. can i still get it? i get pip and have ms. they havent added it to my money. do i have to ring the job centre? what is UC? said online i can get it. said its is for pip disability premium

  • Fuji
    Fuji Online Community Member Posts: 108 Empowering

    If you don't get any of the above benefits then you can't get disability premium.

    There is nothing else for Student loans to add to your money.

    UC is universal credit. Unemployment benefit. It's all in the link I sent.

  • Fuji
    Fuji Online Community Member Posts: 108 Empowering
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