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Benn registered as Partially sighted, and meant to re-claim esa and dla
HI I was registered as Partially sighted 8days ago (12/5/2011), I am currently going through tribunal for my existing health problems (rare brain disorder) I have CAB helping me with the tribunals. I had the CAb worker on the phone this morning and he has said as I am now Partially sighted I should re-claim ESA and DLA,…
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i will walk again !
have a look at this link and video i recon in the not so near future , i will walk again :D and i dont care if i was half cyborg lol this looks more promising than the exoscelenton walking aid i posted on a while the day is coming:T:T:T:T:T…
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DLA form filler missed out info
Hi Everyone, I could do with some advice. I suffer with mental health difficulties and some mobility issues and for the last 4 years have been on middle rate care and low rate mobility. I find DLA forms send my anxiety levels through the roof and make me really quite ill, so I need help to fill them out. When time came to…
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Can Dla battle you in the courts
My friend has had High Rate DLA since 1999 and never had problems until all of a sudden her dla was stopped without warning, she cant look after herself or be herself, she had a medical up at her house and the doctor came on a Sunday, he said everything would be done and dusted, she just got a letter saying she has to…
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DLA Reconsideration Turned Down
As title says I was turned down for DLA in early April so asked for a reconsideration, which I've just been notified - as of Monday - was also turned down (although they seem to have conceded I do have issues with mobility and care in this refusal letter, more so than the first refusal which basically claimed I was fit as…
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http://news.scotsman.com/news/Devoted-carer-told-to-pay.6764371.jp
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Walking sticks -- when do I need to use one?
I see so many people with stcks and who do not seem to use them correctly and so this is something I sure don't want to do. Self diagnosis I need a stick:eek: However even though I have told my GP many times, and increasingly in recent months, I am having significantly difficulty in walking far he hasn't suggested a stick.…
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anyone successfully claimed DLA for migraine
Ok, i'm not talking the average migraine, horrid though they are. In medical terms I am talking an acute and chronic ( legally ore than 15 days a month) in reality 365 days a year. Yes really, 265 days a year. I have this in writing from my neurologist. I have 2 neurologists and a clinic in London who have spent 2 years…
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Social Services, is there a form for this?
I've moved house! (very excited, thought it would never happen). I'm now a resident of Glasgow City and so I am entitled to a needs assessment from their social services department. I'm only really looking for a fall alarm, the rest I can handle between DLA, my sister (currently my carer) and access to work. Now on the…
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Housing Criteria
Anyone know what the criteria is for a bungalow with social housing? I am having to move due to illness & requiring more support from family. At the moment I live in a social housing house & am looking to transfer via the same social housing association. All I keep hearing is you have to fit the criteria, but noone is…
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Disabled vehicle to disabled vehicle tax.
Im getting my drive from wheelchair Paravan tomorrow and as its a specialised vehicle it has been disabled class since new (Im the second owner) and it still has a disabled tax disc on it so i assume I can change it to MY disabled tax at any tax issuing post office? Has anyone donr this and can confirm what I think is the…
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Any tried recording their medical?
I get HRM and LRC indefinitely. My conditions are all very genuine, so in many ways I don't mind the thought of the medical that we're all going to have, except that I keep reading on this board about people who feel they've been mis-represented in their medicals, and that what's been written down bears no resemblance to…
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Need advice re:education psychologist
So I finally met the education psychologist today who will be working with my daughter and she asked me lots of questions about her, like how she gets on with other childre, her temprement, her learning, what I see her problems as etc. I explained how I felt school werent supportive and that I feel she should be on school…
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Dla and other benefits advise please
For just over a year now we have been trying to get a diagnosis for our daughter for asd, which we have just has yesterday. However, i was never told you could claim dla before you were diagnosed. So now that i have claimed is there any way they will backdate this if it is awarded. Also are there any other benefits we can…
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Bath/Shower
I just cannot get into my bath any more to have a shower or bath (shower is over the bath). I am living on Care Allowance as my son has disabilities, and past 12 months I have been struggling with arthritis in both knees. Are there any grants available does anyone know, to help with the costs of having a walk in shower? I…
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blue badge
dont know if this is a silly question but I have HRC and HRM and use the M part for a car on the scheme, I also have a blue badge, my car is getting renewed in July and my badge runs out in July also. With all these changes going on and medicals needed for just about everything now, will this mean I have to have a medical…
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want free things as a adult are we entitled too?
hi folks i claim ib esa and dla but have no free things i have just been told about cea cinema but is there any other things available to us?
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Doctor visiting at home, is this a common occurence?
Hi all, without going into too much details, I'm struggling to come to terms with being diagnosed with cancer and I don't hold out much hope of getting better, as optimistic as the health people are. I called my GP this afternoon because I'm finding it difficult to cope with life in general and he made me promise him that…
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disability tax disc
hi im receiving high rate mobility i was sent a form with my entitlement which say i can get a free tax disc, what i want to no is how i do this. i collect my new car tomoz and i have to tax, the chap at dwp just said tcke form, with insurance and new keeper supplement to the post office and they will give me the disc. is…
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problem with housing association
im in a one bedroom bungalow on a warden controlled estate now for over 6 months ive had people knocking on bedroom window at all times of night (as late as 4am) , bedroom window is almost floor to ceiling and is (as i live in a corner bungalow) facing the road (only 3' of grass between bungalow and road) also i get eggs…
