Carers allowence

thefellow

my mate at work thinks he is being short changed,hope some one on here can help.

he works full time earns £290 after tax per a week,he stays in a council house with rent of £250 per month and has 2 kids,one is hyper active and his wife doesnt work think she is the carer for one of the boys,he goes to normal school but on a bad day the school will send him home think he has adhd .

what should he be getting in benefits.

thankyou in advance.......

Mum2twins98

They think he has ADHD if he hasn't been diagnosed with this then maybe he needs to see the doctor,
A few things if the child doesn't have a diagnoses then she wont be able to claim carers allowance because the child would need to be getting disability living allowance at middle or high rate, second if they think the child has adhd why has he not been taken too seek help the school or the doctor should help, her husband earns an OK wage so they should be getting tax credits, but until they know for certain if the child has adhd then the tax credits is all for now.

DX2

Mum2twins98 wrote: »

They think he has ADHD if he hasn't been diagnosed with this then maybe he needs to see the doctor,
A few things if the child doesn't have a diagnoses then she wont be able to claim carers allowance because the child would need to be getting disability living allowance at middle or high rate, second if they think the child has adhd why has he not been taken too seek help the school or the doctor should help, her husband earns an OK wage so they should be getting tax credits, but until they know for certain if the child has adhd then the tax credits is all for now.

You do not need a diagnoses of a specific condition to be able to claim DLA as long as the child has more care/mobility needs than a child of the same age then they can apply for DLA.

Mum2twins98

DX2 wrote: »

You do not need a diagnoses of a specific condition to be able to claim DLA as long as the child has more care/mobility needs than a child of the same age then they can apply for DLA.

Oh yes they can but saying he is hyperactive and he gets sent home from school now and again wont count as a disability and he needs more care than a child is age through the day and night, i have filled these forms in since my son was three and they are a total nightmare to fill in for children under 16 they want to know the ins a outs of every second of there lives,

DX2

Mum2twins98 wrote: »

Oh yes they can but saying he is hyperactive and he gets sent home from school now and again wont count as a disability and he needs more care than a child is age through the day and night, i have filled these forms in since my son was three and they are a total nightmare to fill in for children under 16 they want to know the ins a outs of every second of there lives,

I have to disagree the DLA forms are not a nightmare to fill out. Pretty much tick boxes fill in time spent doing things, describe how the child needs more help than another child of the same age. And yes I have filled in a DLA form for a child.

Mum2twins98

DX2 wrote: »

I have to disagree the DLA forms are not a nightmare to fill out. Pretty much tick boxes fill in time spent doing things, describe how the child needs more help than another child of the same age. And yes I have filled in a DLA form for a child.

Oh yes i know this but the poster said he gets sent home from school on the odd occasion nothing really about what he is like at home, it takes more to claim DLA for a child than being sent home now and again, my son is 11 still in nappies and unable to talk and still they wanted a GPs report ..which they got and he was awarded the high rate care and mobility

fkelanne

the son must of been seen by a doctor, and in most cases be on mediction.
I also have a son who gets DLA, he was born with problems. He has some behavier problems to. he is on waitn for someone to go into his school and watch how he deals with school. He is only 3. but i think it would be the same with every child with behavier problems, its easy just to say he has got adhd, but he needs to be seen by someone that can say yes he has it.
then if he has been proving he has got it they can try and claim dla.

fkelanne

DX2 wrote: »

You do not need a diagnoses of a specific condition to be able to claim DLA as long as the child has more care/mobility needs than a child of the same age then they can apply for DLA.

They have always asked me for my sons doctor report, and wrote to his doctor to make sure he did have it.

Indie_Kid

Mum2twins98 wrote: »

Oh yes they can but saying he is hyperactive and he gets sent home from school now and again wont count as a disability

The definition of disability is "physical or mental impairment that affects one's ability to do day-to-day activities". If that's true, then he does have a disability. (day-to-day activities being things such as walking, communicating, eating, etc)

Mum2twins98

sh1305 wrote: »

The definition of disability is "physical or mental impairment that affects one's ability to do day-to-day activities". If that's true, then he does have a disability. (day-to-day activities being things such as walking, communicating, eating, etc)

Oh yes i know this but if everyone one was saying there child 'might' be hyperactive and they all claimed DLA some how i don't think it would work i am not saying ADHD isn't a disability but it has to have some affect of the life of the child, and from what i gather from DLA the laws are changing with regards to children claiming DLA and most will need medical support to back up the claim

GlasweJen

i know several ADHD kids and some who just have too much energy and there's a huge difference. Kids with energy may get sent home from school for being a bit hyper and disrupting the class, kids with ADHD have meltdowns and destroy things, have no sense of danger, some have learning difficulties, continence problems, no concept of "mine", "yours" etc. The ADHD kids may get DLA, the hyper ones wont, they are in 2 completely different leagues.