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what help can i get if any for my daughter ie. car tax etc
my daughter is 6 we get high rate dla and low rate mobility, she is a tye 1 diabetic and ceoliac, she has a insulin pump which she wears all the time. she has no hypo awareness, and when hypo is very hard work, ive even had people stop and say "when i was young a slap worked well". mostly elderly, i dont hang around and…
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HRM is this good enough to show this
Been waiting for consultants report and got my old letter for to show a comparision for dla, can i ask what people think with regards to this this was letter to my GP in 2008 diagnosis - knee pain, hypermoblity syndrom, chondromalacia patella the knee pain is more noticeable when she tries to kneel or walks downstairs. she…
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Disabled identity card
Hi, I didn’t agree with the identity card scheme but I do feel that there is a need for a similar scheme for disabled people, I have an invisible disability (epilepsy) and I often get some peculiar looks when I ask for disabled / carers discount of even when I use a disabled parking space. Does anyone else think that if…
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Disabilities and tattoos
Might be a strange question but does anyone have any tattoos related to your illness or disability? I have the breast cancer ribbon tattoo'd on me (never had breast cancer but effected a lot of people i know) I am getting 2 tattoos related to my bipolar: One is :…
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DLA Fraudster.
see posts below....my link no more!
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Uprating of DLA refused - tribunal?
hi :) as some of you may remember, in May i was dropped from HRC to MRC, and after getting the backing of my Psychiatrist and CPN, as well as taking advice from you guys on here, i applied for a reconsideration to reinstate my HRC. Well, i got their decision yesterday and it has come back as decision unchanged, despite me…
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Low Rate Mobility to Higher Rate - Not Sure What To Do.
During a recent x-ray appointment I was asked if I get mobility for my arthritis. I do not, I get lower rate because I am blind and I sent a renewal form off about three weeks ago saying nothing has changed. If I now want to make a claim for the higher rate of mobility what do you folks reckon I should do? Wait until I've…
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leaking csf following surgery
Hi guys - i've just had spinal surgery and ended up with a dural tear and leaking spinal fluid - a pseudmenigocele. I'm can't seem to find much info about it and just wondering if anyone else has experienced it. I'm waiting for a date for an operation to repair it - although helpfully the surgeom said it may not work!…
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Restricted driving license renewal??
Hi everyone, First time post in here so am sorry if it ins the wrong place, i wasnt sure where to put it :o I'm 31 and have Multiple Sclerosis, and shortly after I was diagnosed over 3 years ago I had my driving license changed to a restricted 3 year medical one. I recently (April) sent off my renewal and have still heard…
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Getting DLA looked at and change of GP
In May, I put in a new application for DLA and put what was then my current GP's details on the form. Since then, I have moved and have informed DWP of this. However, I haven't informed them of new GP change yet. Last week, I went to make an appointment to get more medication and was told I need to re-register. I've done…
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A long delay for DLA
They keep telling us should there be a change in our circumstances to notify them. I did and am still waiting. I re applied after another knee operation left me with grade four osteoathritis in both knees, this was end of April, I received a letter last week saying it may take up to eleven weeks. Im sure if I had told them…
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what qualifies you as being disabled?
Do you only qualify as being "disabled" if you get DLA and or have a carer? I only ask because my husband receives industrial injuries benefit and is assessed as being so much % disabled due to an accident whilst he was at work a few years ago. He returned to work after a couple of years out due to his injury but had to…
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disabillity and train travel
hi, i have a blue bus pass, but im not too sure if there is a disabillity card solely for train travel.
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Mobility car. Who can use it...?
The situation: My auntie has been awarded full DLA after sevel years of hell and a list of ailments as long as ET's phone number! Anyway, she has placed her order for her car and is due to collect it in a few weeks time. Obviously my Uncle is going to be able to use the car too as he will be named on the insurance. Will my…
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You can now earn up to £100 and claim carers allowance
i claim dla for my son and also take a small wage from my partners business, as of April 2010 the amount of what you can earn and still claim carers allowance increased to £100 per week....my neighbour mentioned this today to me and i can now claim. Have completed the form online, and it says it can be back dated for 3…
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DLA Car Tax Exemption .
I understand that HRM gains you exemption from one vehicles car tax ? Is there a limit on the value of the exemption because car tax ranges from £35 ish right up to £500 ish... or do they just say one vehicle is exempt regardless of the cars taxable rate ?
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computer arm/wrist pain orthopaedic query
sorry dont know if this is right thread to post this: hi Have been seeing GP for weeks about computer pain in arm and wrist, he dismissed it and just said rest. Finally he sent me to orthopaedic. Orthopaedic meeting felt like a waste of time. Firstly, he didnt even seem qualified and said his background was in…
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d.l.a. turned down
hi i have been receiving high rates on both counts for over 15 years i just get worse all the time and the care i need gets more frequent just had a medical from atos and had both taken away the reason letter is just a complete pack of lies it contradicts every thing on my form the dr was an absolute disgrace and it wasnt…
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DLA back dated claim ?
I originally was given DLA some 14 years ago - when I lost a job, realised that I was entitled, claimed and had 2 years of payments I then found another job and was told (by my DEA) that I was not allowed to claim DLA at the same time as working - I took this at face value and cancelled my claim.... I put in a claim for…
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balloon retained gastrostomy tube child 13 months
Does anyone here have any experience of their child having one of these to feed the child direct into their stomach or a PEG tube? He has had to have this due to reflux isssues and food going through his mouth into his lungs and causing infections in his lungs and pneumonia. He is no longer allowed to have his lungs…
