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Transport and schooling
Hiya I have 5 boys and 4 are special needs, 13yr old asd, adhd, global delay and dispraxia, 12 yr old severe adhd gets violent and now asd diagnosed last month, 7yr old, 5 yr old query asd and is waiting paed apt and youngest 3 yrs with minor brain damage mri showed up and he has walking probs query cp. Our 12 yr old we…
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Help with DLA forms
Hi im after some advice filling in my dla forms when they ask what daily activites do you need help with do you only list things you actualy do get help with or just thing you could do with help with? i have no help from anybody but i could do with help regarding some things.
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Insurance
Can anyone please advice if any excess is on the mobility scheme
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Kidney Patient Guide Forum
Hi Does anyone use the Kidney Patient Guide Forum? I am literally in a catch 22 position - I registered on there ages ago and the account has become inactive. I can't re-register because it says my email address is attached to an existing user. I can't contact the administrator because you have to log on to do this :eek:…
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Disabled = suddenly lost all sense of aesthetics
I have been unable access my garden for a year so have campaigned for some hand rails. These were installed some 8 months later, and do I regret it!!!. They are so ugly, kee klamp galvanised steel, not painted or finished and incredibly cold to the touch. I guess they will be equally hot to touch in summer. What grounds do…
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In Control/self directed support/individual budgets
Hello, does anyone have any experiences of using self directed support or individual budgets (same thing but different names in different council)? We are currenlty going through the precess but feel that our LA are just using it to save money and have forgotten they are dealing with real people.
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vitamin B12 and M.E
Hi, not sure if this is the right place to ask this advice but here goes anyway. i am seeing a osteopath who is giving me treatment called the perrin technique for M.E its very early days yet to say if its working, but he has suggested Vitamin B12 injections which have worked well for some people. my GP is pretty useless…
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Can we apply to Family Fund ?
Does anyone know how if there is a set amount you can earn before you are allowed to apply to Family Fund? & if so how much that is? We are not on huge earnings but I'm not sure if we can apply or not. We have an autistic son & a physically disabled daughter & a healthy 18 month old daughter & would perhaps like to ask for…
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Incontinence products for children?
Hi I wonder if anyone can offer some advice please. My dd is 5 and has CP. She is night time incontinent and until recently she was provided with size 6 Pampers but her new delivery is some sort of xs adult nappy. It is very bulky and when you pull the side tabs to take it off the front rips opens up and the material comes…
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Cold feet.
I'm suffering with them today :( I've tried hot water bottles, wearing a few pairs of socks, but nothing is warming my feet up - well, left foot in particular, which feels like an ice sheet. What do others do to keep their feet warm? The trouble with cold feet is that you just don't feel warm all over, so the heat has been…
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Dla application, do i include this letter from my gp?
ive got to apply for dla again, my mums going to write across most of what was on my last one as its quite similiar and just make some changes to bits that need it. With the medical evidence bit i can't remember what i included last time. I went to chuck out some old paper work the other week and found a brilliant letter a…
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Going from middle to highest help
Hello all, my husband's grandmother would like to try to claim the higher rate of DLA care component (she already receives highest rate mobility). I sent off for forms for her which I have now filled in but she cannot remember the name of her consultant at the hospital and she has not seen her GP for years despite her…
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Dla - esp - tax credits - work & cfs - please help
I will not post on any board in future - thanks
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Individual Budgets- Adult
Is anyone here currently using individual budgets as a disabled adult?
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Reduced from high care rate to middle
My 24 year old daughter has right sided weakness due to removal of a brain tumour 18 months ago. She has improved since leaving hospital in that she can now walk with aid - she couldn't even sit up in bed without assitance when she first claimed DLA. Her memory and concentration however have worsened following six weeks of…
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Help with questions please?
Could anyone please advise me.. when the dwp asks the consultant for a medical report do they have a time limit on sending report back? And also is the medical report on the person in question or is it a medical report on the medical condition in question? I have recieved a letter back from the dwp and they have advised me…
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Carers Allowance letter
Hi, I've been in receipt of CA for about 9 years. Today I received a letter from the DWP about my claim. They are asking for specific info on certain dates. There is a whole list of dates and the ones they are interested in( for me) have a cross in the box. One box is checking that I still work at the same place, one is "…
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Hidden disability and works pension
I have MS and my employer knows (so that bit is not hidden) but lot's of my symptoms are. I work, part-time now (3 day week) as I can't manage full-time, but I don't see how I can keep going much longer. I have meeting with my boss on Friday to discuss my current duties and I'm dreading it because I keep having…
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Spinal Stroke Please HELP!!
Hi, I am hoping you guys will be able to help me or at least send me in the right direction, so here goes.... My mum who is 68 had a Spinal Stroke last week this is something i had never heard of before apparently quite rare, unfortunately this has left my mum paralyzed from the waist down we been told she may not regain…
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is it a disability?
my daughter (20 months) has had fits , some times as much as every day since the 12th of december 2009. She goes throw 'phases' where some days she has none and then she will have a big bulk of them. Shes had an MRI , has an EEG on the 2nd Feb and a consultant appointment on the 24th Feb. Its not diagnosed yet but myself…