Can you get motobility before 3 years old?

daz_75

My son has cerebral palsey and so needs physio. We had someone visiting every couple of weeks, but that's had to stop and my wife now has to visit the hosiptal every month.

The lad's one of twins so public transport isn't an option due to the size of the buggy so we could really do with another car. I can't really afford to buy another one, so was wondering if there is anyway of getting the motability payments early?

THanks

Daz

longhotbath

Hi Daz, no - the mobility element of DLA only kicks in when the child is 3.

Cant your wife use the car, and you use another form of transport, or use the payments from the care element of DLA to pay for a car.

Or does the hospital run a volunteer driver service?

CharlA

unfotunately no was in the same position with my niece she was 3 in may and just awarded hrm and mrc for 5 yrs we used care component to pay to run our car before we was awarded not sure how severe your sons cp is but our niece is wheelchair bound so thats why fitted the criteria at the age of 3

daz_75

thanks for the replies, unfortunatel i work about an hour away and it's in the middle of nowhere so i need the car.

TOBRUK

There is an nhs service to take patients to and from hospital appointments - hospital cars. Not sure how you go about it, whether you ask your gp or the hospital. They are volunteers who will pick you up at home to take you to the appointment and then take you home again. It doesn't matter if you live in a rural area - I know a rural area in Wales has a service called country cars. Perhaps someone here will have more information.

jmabnc

Daz 75, you can only get motability from 3 years old,my child also has C.P,just wanted to say when you fill out the dreaded form,get and put as much information on the form,from everybody who deals with your child,from physio's to playgroup etc,and good luck.

daz_75

thanks, the DLA form is a nightmare, we inistally were on the high level as he came home on oxygen, he got diagnose and the DLA actually went down because we didn't put enough inof on the nighttime bit :mad: