Budget - tougher for DLA claimants

Indie_Kid

BLT wrote: »

Have you thought of stirring it with a spoon instead of your finger?

What on earth are you on (about) ?

My dad has to supervise me because due to no co-ordination, I WILL pour the boiled water over my hand.

krisskross

sh1305 wrote: »

You were lucky then. &

So what exactly was lucky about being awarded what he is due on the medical evidence? Are you suggesting my husband was treated differently to everyone else?

krisskross

sh1305 wrote: »

What on earth are you on (about) ?

My dad has to supervise me because due to no co-ordination, I WILL pour the boiled water over my hand.

So how do you manage at University? Is someone always on hand to make you a cup of tea?

You think we are all daft?

Indie_Kid

krisskross wrote: »

So how do you manage at University? Is someone always on hand to make you a cup of tea?

You think we are all daft?

I rarely drank tea or coffee at uni. It wasn't unusual for there to be a group in the kicthen and someone aming everyone else a hot drink.

Indie_Kid

krisskross wrote: »

So what exactly was lucky about being awarded what he is due on the medical evidence? Are you suggesting my husband was treated differently to everyone else?

Just search the forum. Many people have had to fight for what they should be getting.

TOBRUK

krisskross wrote: »

So what exactly was lucky about being awarded what he is due on the medical evidence? Are you suggesting my husband was treated differently to everyone else?

I don't think your husband was treated differently to others, however, everybody is something else. What I mean is when my renewal goes through without any question I breathe a sigh of relief.

A few years ago when I applied for DLA I was turned down. I went to tribunal where after around 30 mins in the room I was asked to leave and sit outside. Within 5 mins or less I was called back in and was told that I would be receiving DLA and it was backdated. The whole thing was horrible but I was awarded DLA.

Now every time my renewal comes I just wonder whether I will have to go through it all again. So some, even if they are eligible and genuine are sometimes, for some reason turned down. That to me is where luck comes in!

Oldernotwiser

sh1305 wrote: »

You were lucky then. I applied, got turned down (it turns out they hadn't contacted the people named on my form) and asked for help from CAB. They did my appeal form for me and said they'd represent me at appeal. 3 months later, I got a letter which said I wasn't entitled to DLA again. (despite not being able to make a cup of tea withut burning myself) 5 days later, they awarded me LRM & LRC indefinetly.

How you can consider that someone on high rate AA is "lucky" I do not know. Presumably KrissKross's husband's application was straightforward because he is genuinely very disabled?

(If you can't make a cup of tea without burning yourself, why not drink something simpler to make?)

Indie_Kid

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

How you can consider that someone on high rate AA is "lucky" I do not know. Presumably KrissKross's husband's application was straightforward because he is genuinely very disabled?

(If you can't make a cup of tea without burning yourself, why not drink something simpler to make?)

I refer you to Torbuk's post.

deeplyblue

skcollobcat10 wrote: »

Hello,

As many, many people on this site have said, GET OVER IT. DEAL WITH IT, LEARN TO ADAPT!!

All I hear from yourself is negative reasons/excuses.

LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT!

Kind regards Marg xx

Marg, you are being too hard on this poster. Firstly, when you are discussing your need for benefit you don't usually adopt a cheery, "we manage, don't we puss?" sort of attitude. (I always think of Thora Hurd!). You talk about what's wrong.

If others on a forum or in a general discussion (or in an Appeals Tribunal) start saying, "Well, you could do this, or why don't you try that?" then the person tends to go on the defensive. "It's really awful, you have no idea." So everyone decides that they are whingers, who are probably exaggerating their problems. Describing how bad things are for you without sounding like a whiner is really difficult.

Stay positive and cheerful, and the audience will recollect that you were the life and soul of the party, and refuse to believe that there is anything wrong.

I heard a story once (could be an urban myth, but it sounds plausible) of a bloke who was in front of a Benefits Tribunal, who were giving him a hard time, and he had a heart attack. The Chair of the tribunal looked at him and said, "Are you just trying to impress us?" Eventually he did get whisked off to hospital, but the story doesn't say if he got his benefit.

Oh, and Marg, don't slag someone off in capital letters and then sign off, "Kind regards." A sign off line ("kind regards", "best wishes", "yours truly" etc) is rarely necessary on an internet forum, and to add that one when you've just shouted at them sounds bad.

db

deeplyblue

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

If you can't make a cup of tea without burning yourself, why not drink something simpler to make?

"If you can't make a hot drink, then why not stick to cold ones." Easy enough to say in the middle of June!

One of the standard pieces of advice in the cold months is to keep drinking hot drinks, as it's a very efficient way of keeping warm. But if you can't keep a mug of hot liquid steady, then you're at risk of scalding yourself just getting it from the kitchen to the chair in front of the telly/computer.

Try watching someone with severe arthritis in both hips doing that job - it usually takes about 30 seconds before you say, "Let me carry that for you." That's 10 seconds to realise they need help, 10 seconds whilst you remind yourself that they might prefer not to have help, and 10 seconds to decide that the danger of severe scalding means that they're going to get help whether they want it or not.

db