DLA apeal

wornoutmumoftwo

I've got a just turned 8 year old about to enter P3 and he hates school. I spend about 3 months of the last school year dragging him in (as in house to cab and then cab to school), and he gets special and mainstream education and all the support he needs, and the school bend over backwards to accommodate his needs.

(He'll be a scientist when he's older, knows everything about the solar system already )

Getting him diagnosed tues, autism/aspergers.

Indie_Kid

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

And of course, fortunately, they can't claim benefits at 16 and parents lose their CB/CTC if they're not in education.

They can claim ESA at 16; but parents will lose their CB / CTC.

when_will_it_end

well as the op of this thread thought i would give an update
just called the DLA to check they recieved the g24 i sent an to ask what the next step is
they said it will go to another descision maker an they will decide if the descision still stands or it goes to tribunral this process takes around 10 weeks so i guess im in the "waiting for the big brown envolope club" now
i also asked for a photo copy of every thing they had and how last time they reached the descision they did was told they only keep documents for 14 months so they will send what they can

Indie_Kid

when_will_it_end wrote: »

i also asked for a photo copy of every thing they had and how last time they reached the descision they did was told they only keep documents for 14 months so they will send what they can

They do this anyway. I didn't ask for this and did get everything that they'd received from me, a GP who I've met once and their "medical servces".

sunnyone

ash4becks wrote: »

tbh i really wish gcses were done at 18 your to hormonal wreck at 16 and lack of maturaty was a major issue in my school , and to work and not be payed the same as another person older really annoyed me too

My son has done his first GCSE exam this year age 14 and he will be taking more next year to leave him free to consentrate on his diploma in his last year at school.

I wasnt a hormonal wreck at 16 nor are many other people and I while I took my O levels a year a year early my friends did them in the normal time frame and we all did very well.

Maturity arrives at diffrent times for diffrent people and many never get it at all, I had to shoulder adult responsibilities at 12-13 which made me mature younger than most, just because your school was full of imature, hormanal kids dont mean that all school do.

I disagree with paying pupils to study post 16, if your hearts not in it you are just wasting time and disrupting people who are there to get to the level thats expected for there chosen employment/uni course.

Indie_Kid

sunnyone wrote: »

I disagree with paying pupils to study post 16.

Many of us have extra study costs that we din't have pre 16.

krisskross

sh1305 wrote: »

Many of us have extra study costs that we din't have pre 16.

I'm sure the air you breathe costs more than it does for the rest of us.

ash4becks

krisskross wrote: »

I'm sure the air you breathe costs more than it does for the rest of us.

be nice,

you do have more costs post 16, i was there 4 days a week so meal at dinner time say £12 a week, buspass £15 a week, then theres folders pens etc theres noway i could have did college without that money

Oldernotwiser

ash4becks wrote: »

be nice,

you do have more costs post 16, i was there 4 days a week so meal at dinner time say £12 a week, buspass £15 a week, then theres folders pens etc theres noway i could have did college without that money

Didn't you need lunch and stationery when you were at school?

Indie_Kid

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Didn't you need lunch and stationery when you were at school?

I don't ever remember having to pay for paper (although college did provie me with coloured paper; as it's more expensive than white) or folders at school.