Disability

Hi, I received a text on 02/12/25 saying I've been approved for Pip. I wondered how long I have to wait for backpay to come into my account? I am writing this at midnight on 05/12/2025. If its the 3-5 days, will it; 1. Come through the time the text was sent? 2. Come through on a weekend?

Hi iv had LWCRA since December 2020 does anybody know when re assessments are at all

hello everyone, I have been advised to apply for pip but I’ve had no luck getting in contact with citizens advice over the last 4 days. I panicked because I have a deadline to return the form and have paid someone to help me with my answers but they are sadly messing me around. I am autistic and this experience is already…

I made a claim around April of last year for DLA for my son. Around 5 months later I was told it was unsuccessful. I attempted to apply for a manual reconsideration but they couldn’t do it as they couldn’t find my sons reference number. As a result I contacted them earlier this year for new forms and am awaiting their…

I’m 63 and want to retire early due to ill health and mental health. What are my options? What do I tell.gov

just introducing myself at this stage

worried about the changes to motability, I don’t care about the change of cars thought it was ridiculous anyway driving about in a petrol guzzling car. I’m worried about the deposit prices, they’ve already gone up in the past 18 months my mokka went from £300 deposit to over £1000 when I was looking for a friend.

Hi Everyone, Thanks for the opportunity to be able to, join this wonderful group. With so many topics available, for discussion, i am sure that, i will be able to learn from many of you. I am a 65 yr old woman with, Secondary progressive Multiple Sclerosis. I began my working life at, the age of 19, starting with childrens…

I’ve always had a problem with travel because of the epilepsy which I’ve had for 49 years from childhood days because of meningitis at six months old

hello, I wonder if anyone has advice or thoughts on a problem I will have. I am age 64 and receiving universal Credit, which includes housing, and pip. I will soon receive a settlement from my divorce (sale of house) and if it’s over 15,000 I’ll have to come off of UC and use the money to live on instead, which is fine.…

In any form or degree of severity depression is more disabling than most people care to admit. It is so serious that the medics simply dont know how to cure it. To accept this and then the abuse that people with any disability have to to tolerate is infuriating. At any budget and every budget very little is done to even…

I’m writing today because I’m ill with worry over cuts to the Health Element of UC. I feel like all the media and the population as a whole are discriminating against disabled individuals, particularly, individuals with Mental Illnesses. stigma against disabilities is still rife in the UK. We are marginalised and classed…

Just looking for friends who have spinal cord injuries. Is there anybody out there?

good afternoon everyone, I suffer from lumbar osteoarthritis spondylitis narrowing of the spine an due to having cervical cancer , I suffer from nerve damage from having radiotherapy with my feet and fingers

So as the title says I'm wondering if anyone has applied for access to work and got a car from them. I have one hand and work full time. I recieve pip but I don't qualify for mobility. I work in care so have to lug around a large bags with clothes, laptop, food for while im at work. I take public transport which was…

Hi, I’ve recently moved to England from Northern Ireland where i was in a support group and received esa, I have I formed the DWP and spoke to them today regarding my claim and was told it was still live and my payment would be in the bank today 2/12/25, I. Have checked my bank and I’ve had no payment, I suffer with…

This time last year, I had a letter from ESA stating “Every year we look at the savings and property that may affect your allowance.” It took ages and two Case Manager calls to sort out. I have not claimed any means-tested benefits for a few years. Another such letter has just landed. I have spoken briefly with an ESA…

Hello please help I'm so confused I was moved on to UC my esa is now paid as a new esa all off this I understand but UC have contacted me if I claim severe disablement benefit I must inform the office. I receive it from that I've moved to UC but this is the DWP who pays it why do I need to tell them when it's them who pay…

I have a powered wheelchair from the NHS and I normally send my son to get fish and chips every four months or so he finds it really difficult because some of the neighbours are very nosy and rude and he often finds that he can't get in line because he's avoiding them. The fish barn have been great and have noticed that he…

I currently receive uc, lcwra and pip. I am off work sick and employment due to come to an end. Early ill health retirement has been applied for, although I said I wasn't sure if I wanted it. I will apply for new style esa and I am aware that anything over £85 per week pension there is a reduction applied accordingly.…

I am currently waiting for an operation to remove a disc in my neck which is pressing on my spinal cord. The doctors say that it will not fix me but it will stop my condition from getting worse. I also suffer from severe foraminal stenosis in both my neck and lumbar region which will not be operated on. How can the doctors…

Hi All, I am looking for other people knowledge and experiences with anything similar to what my family and I are currently experiencing. Some background - we live in a one bedroom, third floor flat. It’s me, 28, 3 children aged 3, 2 and 2. We are on the council housing list eligible to bid on 3 beds since my twins were…

Doctor tells me I have Severe bilateral facet arthrosis, basically no cartilage left between two vertebrae. Has anyone had this? What was the outcome?

I live in a small flat, but somehow housework still manages to wipe me out if I’m not careful. With a dodgy arm and wobbly balance, even things like laundry and cleaning the bathroom can turn into a full workout. I’ve started breaking jobs into tiny chunks and using anything that saves bending or carrying too much. It’s…

Hi I get enhanced daily living (mixing with people - you need support from another person to engage in social situations) pip & standard mobility (planning and following a journey-you need another person to follow a unfamiliar journey). I have ASD and ptsd. I am taking voluntary redundancy from my job of 15 years as I am…

Hi Everyone, I would like to ask how are you feeling about these changes regarding cars on Motability.

Hi, I'm new here, so first post. I've been absent from my job for a long time and was receiving Income protection payments and I'm in an ESA support group. My income protection is ending soon and they want me to either resign or let me go due to ill health. If I resign, will this affect my ESA payments? I honestly cant go…

Anyone had any payment from adp for having ptsd ??

hi. Thank you for reading I am married husband works full time…I currently work full time. I have fybromayalgia,osteoarthritis,anxiety and depression. My fybro has been so bad lately. I feel I can’t carry on working full time. If I gave up my job voluntarily because of my health or possibly cut my hours to say 10 a week…

Is it acceptable for a Nurse practitioner to recommend placing a air flow cushion stacked on top of a chair cushion for safer transfers