Turned Down for MRC DLA But Fit Criteria

kendalls_cave

Why can't I work? Because right now, it's impossible to actually go out with getting a sore head & eyes. I'm also rarely (well, usually only evenings) fully awake.

how are you going to manage at college then? And you were awake fully enough to argue your case on here this morning

healy

kendalls_cave wrote: »

how are you going to manage at college then? And you were awake fully enough to argue your case on here this morning

Rarely being fully awake, that is a new one on me!

Gillianh2

Can I suggest that you just be grateful for the DLA awarded and now move on. Perhaps surfing the internet for anything that might help you on your course in September.

PINGA14

They only give stuff like to people in wheelchairs. I did look into it (generally because if I'm in another city, I spend loads on taxis) but it appears that no such thing exists.[/quote]


When I was able to work, I worked in a department at the job centre called the disablement advisory service. (DAS) We helped disabled people gain employment by providing the equipment they needed. Special key boards for the blind, shothand writers for college, fares for the blind to enable them to pay for taxis to work and many many more helpful aids.
This was quite a few years ago but it might be worth phoning the job centre to ask if this is still available.

SuziQ

http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/disability

Titch89

PINGA14 wrote: »

When I was able to work, I worked in a department at the job centre called the disablement advisory service. (DAS) We helped disabled people gain employment by providing the equipment they needed. Special key boards for the blind, shothand writers for college, fares for the blind to enable them to pay for taxis to work and many many more helpful aids.
This was quite a few years ago but it might be worth phoning the job centre to ask if this is still available.

Isn't this what Remploy do? Or something similar to that.

how are you going to manage at college then? And you were awake fully enough to argue your case on here this morning

My vision varies throughout the day.

How do you expect them to help you then, or make any suggestions, if you don't bother telling them about it? They aren't mind readers.

Because it has only been bad for me in the last 9 months or so and I've not seen anyone about my vision (apart from the people at social services) for 13 months.

You say you can't work-then imply you will once you finish Uni-so what will have changed in that time.

Vision changes as people get older and Leicester are hoping by then (early stages now) to find a cure for Nystagmus.

If your eyesight is that good that you can almost drive, then you can not need help when you are out.

Because obviously everything is large print, isn't it?:rolleyes: And it's not just reading for me either. And you can't say stuff like that - or do you really know how bad my sight is?

please don't belittle other people's disbility as then you are being a hypocrite!

Where have I done that? I simply said that illnesses vary from person to person.

If you can't work then you will have to be on benefits in order to survive. Or am I missing something?

Being on benefits whilst I can't work is totally different to being on benefits for life, no?

There's another actor, Tom Hudson (Corrie's Paul Clayton) who also has nystagmus and is only a few years older than Titch89 yet it hasn't stopped him working even as a child!

And for all you know, he could have all his vision, which I certainly don't. (having all vision/being able to drive & having Nystagmus is rare)

Titch89

SuziQ wrote: »

http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/disability

Their disability services are horendous - I went there for an open day and asked what help I could get as a visually impaired student and they basically said 'we don't know'.:rolleyes: I had more help from tutors at Middlesex. (who weren't disability support people)

dmg24

Titch89 wrote: »

Because it has only been bad for me in the last 9 months or so and I've not seen anyone about my vision (apart from the people at social services) for 13 months.

So when was it that the Eye Hospital said that you had to have the special laptop?

Titch89

dmg24 wrote: »

So when was it that the Eye Hospital said that you had to have the special laptop?

They said the screen has to be a minimum of 20".

dmg24

Titch89 wrote: »

They said the screen has to be a minimum of 20".

You have not answered my question, or are you just avoiding it because you know that you are going to have to contradict yourself again?