DLA & Holidays

mouseymousey99

why are you posting for someone else??
I have DLA and have loads of holidays, thank you - next question???

Treating this with all the respect it deserves....

Zara33

SomeBozo wrote: »

It was a valid question. I got mailed by someone off board and he asked to post on his behalf.



I know what forum I am in thanks. I am aware that topics discussing benefits (ie the new rules topic that got moved) tends to be moved, whereas topics about your own individual circs are best posted here.



thanks!

Bozo

But you are not requesting info your stating facts that you or your partner in crime believe to be true geddit

foxxymynx

SomeBozo wrote: »

Can someone clarify something for me, I don't know the answer.

for you, so it's you that's asking not someone else?

If you claim DLA (any rate) are you able to justify holidays?

yes.

Surely if you can queue in the airport,

if you need assistance n an aeroplane you don't wait in a queue

sit in the cramp aeroplane,

who said anything about having to fly to go on holiday? Other than that you can move on a plane, so long as you stay in it...as much as the passengers may wish to throw you out

be sheperded around etc,

care to clarify?

you are capable of some type of work?

what has not working got to do with claiming DLA? You can do both!

Bozo

you said it, not me!

If you wish to do wind up posts, please try harder next time?

Unity

You may in fact happily go abroad and stay abroad for up to 26 weeks, without loss of DLA, so long as you inform the Benefits Agency.:j:j:j

In some cases consultants will even send letters of support where say a warmer climate would benefit the claimants disabilities.

Conor_3

Bean_Counter wrote: »

:rotfl:

We're also saving to go to Disneyland next year. Off to Paris, though, as don't have the courage to spend too much time in a plane with my autistic son.

We did the Eurotunnel rather than the ferry when we took our son. He's OK in the car and you sit in the car on the train. He likes his Vtec console so we let him play that to distract him. Spent about a month forewarning him of what would happen and the only thing that spooked him was the tannoy when they give the safety briefing.

Verianna

We did the ferry last year (never again), next year we are doing the tunnel as I can't begin to imagine the faff we would have trying to get 3 littlies plus a 7yr old that likes to loiter safely from the car upto the upper areas. We were thinking about saving up and seeing if we can get some of those DVD playerthingymebobs in the car to keep the kiddies entertained as we have quite a long drive down south to start with.

Bean_Counter

Conor wrote: »

We did the Eurotunnel rather than the ferry when we took our son. He's OK in the car and you sit in the car on the train. He likes his Vtec console so we let him play that to distract him. Spent about a month forewarning him of what would happen and the only thing that spooked him was the tannoy when they give the safety briefing.

Thanks for the advice. I am still weighing up the travel options, although we have been before so we know what the plane journey consists of at least.

Also we would be travelling from Scotland, so that would also be a long time for my son (and the rest of us) to be in one place sitting in the car, even with DVD player etc.

lil_me

My sons entitled to DLA, we have holidays but so far for various reasons inc his problems he gets the DLA for, we haven't ventured out of this country.

SomeBozo

hi all

Thanks for the replies.

I'll take them all on the chin.

To clarify, this was for a regular poster on this forum who has lost his DLA benefit. He emailed me (we have communicated off board for a while). He reckons it was because he had two weeks away in Benidorm.

My original post echoed the type of comments he has had on the helpline (he has asked for recordings via the FOI act) and from other claiments.

Amazing that he got the same response here (despite comments about a warmer climate helping him).

Bozo (tell them Some Bozo on the internet told you so!).

pipkin71

Bean_Counter wrote: »

:rotfl:

We're also saving to go to Disneyland next year. Off to Paris, though, as don't have the courage to spend too much time in a plane with my autistic son.

We went to Disneyland Paris, but went via plane. Would love to go to America, but the journey would be too long.

We're going again next year, and I did consider the ferry, but again it would make the journey even longer, so plane it is.

Pipkin xxxx