DLA "indefinite period" ?

mrscb

Well the DWP must know something the medical professions dont!!!:rolleyes:

Trasthmatic

DLA is awarded for the needs arising from a condition and not the condition itself.
To use myself as an example. When I was a kid I had very severe asthma, hospital stays, never did a full week in school. I had lots of needs. I'm still asthmatic but I'm relatively well controlled and have no needs.
Would it have been right to give me a life award as a child? (although I'll admit that I'm an old fart and DLA didnt exist when i was a kid )
I know that there are conditions out there that have needs that will barely change as a child matures but trying to predict an adults needs when a child is under ten must be pretty difficult.

mrscb

That is fair enough but it depends on the condition and common sense should be used.
My sons CP is severe,he relies on us for most things and will use a wheelchair for ever,therefore as he gets older and bigger, his needs increase eg whereas at present one of us can help him move about or into bed etc , but when he is say 20 it will take 2 people.
CP has no cure(we wish) he doesnt take medication its just the way he is but to go through these forms every 3 years just seems silly.

gemmalouanna

21Twinkle wrote: »

If they did stop or even try to modify DLA - there would be an outcry - since most of us depend on this payment for day-to-day living - and to pay someone to administer this (as has been discussed) - paying out a few pounds on a need-by-need basis - would be the final straw !!

Thats why they need to clamp down more on the fraud/people who don't actually need it and ensure there are funds for the genuine cases.

As it stands with the sheer number of people now on DLA the gov will soon be unable to afford it.

seven-day-weekend

21Twinkle wrote: »

I was told earlier this year (and I have it in printed format) - that I would receive DLA for an indefinite period
I therefore assume that I will not have to go through the humiliation of being asked all sorts of embarrasing questions ever again ?
But why are so many people in this forum mentioning renewing DLA ?
Plus the mention of stopping DLA completely has been discussed - how is this possible if I am to receive it "indefinitely" ?

'indefinite period' does not mean 'forever'.

It means they may ask you again in two years, or five, or ten.

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ramsas wrote: »

many people claiming DLA are not has bad as they pretend to be FACT..go to any supermarket and see how many have problems only walking a few metres without having to stop through pain and discomfort.

I was in the supermarket Sunday, at no point did I see.....

a) anyone hop, skiping or jumping down the isles. Even those which appeared to be very able were ambling because I'm sure like me they find grocery shopping a chore.

b) anyone with a sign saying "I claim DLA"

c) people stopping random strangers to tell them "I am in pain and/or discomfort after walking only 20 meteres"

AND

DLA is not all about pain and discomfort. I have epilepsy, I do not have much pain and discomfort UNLESS............

I fall on my face in the shower and sprain/break my arm, ankle, leg, neck etc etc from falling during a seizure. Risk drowning, choking, stopping breathing, and do urinate on myself and vomit on my clothes where I need assistance to recover and clean up and all BEFORE I go to work in the morning just as I have every day since for the last 15 years.

And you by looking at me would assume, if you knew i claimed DLA, that I was one of those people who...."are not has bad as they pretend to be FACT"

savagej

_shel wrote: »

I was in the supermarket Sunday, at no point did I see.....

a) anyone hop, skiping or jumping down the isles. Even those which appeared to be very able were ambling because I'm sure like me they find grocery shopping a chore.

b) anyone with a sign saying "I claim DLA"

c) people stopping random strangers to tell them "I am in pain and/or discomfort after walking only 20 meteres"

AND

DLA is not all about pain and discomfort. I have epilepsy, I do not have much pain and discomfort UNLESS............

I fall on my face in the shower and sprain/break my arm, ankle, leg, neck etc etc from falling during a seizure. Risk drowning, choking, stopping breathing, and do urinate on myself and vomit on my clothes where I need assistance to recover and clean up and all BEFORE I go to work in the morning just as I have every day since for the last 15 years.

And you by looking at me would assume, if you knew i claimed DLA, that I was one of those people who...."are not has bad as they pretend to be FACT"

Very well put, I have bipolar affective disorder a heart rythmn problem, asthma, pituitary failure and torn carlidge in my knee. It is not visible from the outside all of the time, but without the help of DLA I could not afford to eat or heat my flat, own a television as you need a license, or use the internet at home. I can't work or keep-up with a course of education because of it, dispite trying again and again it soon falls apart very quickly.

I don't like the idea people think I am scrounging, I have told someone at Jobcentre Plus if they want to swap lifes I will happily take their good health, steady job and a happy familiy as frankly this is like a life sentence.

jazabelle

Don't worry savagej, pretty sure ramsas is a troll. It's pretty funny he/she goes around leaving rude comments to DLA claimants, when according to one of their first posts - they get high rate DLA! So very hypocritical.

savagej

jazabelle wrote: »

Don't worry savagej, pretty sure ramsas is a troll. It's pretty funny he/she goes around leaving rude comments to DLA claimants, when according to one of their first posts - they get high rate DLA! So rather hypocritical.

Why people do that I am will never understand. I think they think people are getting a free ride, when in fact just the process of applying for DLA is a major trauma in itself.

Thanks for pointing it out.

jazabelle

I know, it's very sad. They must lead a boring life, where their only excitement is leaving judgemental comments to everyone.