what qualifies you as being disabled?

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devildog wrote: »

Interesting thread which has prompted me to ask this question so if any of you good people have the answer

Teenager has chronic somewhat disabling disease but is not in receipt of DLA, was planning to go to one of the big theme parks this summer(Thorpe Park/Alton Towers) Would he be entitled to use the facility where you don't have to queue as long for the rides? If so, what would he need to do/take to prove his condition?

Depends on what the condition is. Do they have the ability to stand and wait? If so they should get in line with everyone else.

If not do they have a blue badge, they can show that.

DarkFallout

_shel wrote: »

If thats the case IMAO this is rather dodgy because a GP is not qualifed to make such an assessment unless they also happen to be a qualified and registered psychiatrist.

I suppose that the GPs opinion is different on the matter ... as the GP has a brother with this condition she/he would tell you that she knows everything about it ...

That's common problem currently ... there are many other reasons to have more rigid routine and to be more labile than 'normal' people do. It does not have to be necessary Asperger's. And it is usually not. But fashion is fashion. In the 90ties back pain was fashionable. Currently it is depression, autistic spectrum and ADHD.

pipkin71

_shel wrote: »

If thats the case IMAO this is rather dodgy because a GP is not qualifed to make such an assessment unless they also happen to be a qualified and registered psychiatrist.

I also believe BCS said she was diagnosed by her GP, but I could be wrong and it would need BCS to confirm who she was diagnosed by.

I agree though, that a GP should not be making a diagnosis of Aspergers as it would need further assessment, ect.

Indie_Kid

DarkFallout wrote: »

Diagnosed with Aspergers at 33.

Not at 33 months, but when 33 years old.

OMG or LOL.

There was one GP in the area where I am living now and she allegedly suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome. She diagnosed so many people with chronic fatigue syndrome before getting retired that there is still a trace. And of course most of them never have had CFS.

There are many adults out there who don't get diagnosed with AS. I am waiting to be diagnosed too.

Oldernotwiser

sh1305 wrote: »

There are many adults out there who don't get diagnosed with AS. I am waiting to be diagnosed too.

Even after BCS says how the diagnosis blighted her life?

Trialia

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Even after BCS says how the diagnosis blighted her life?

For some it does, for some it does not. For me it was a relief, a light-bulb.

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

_shel wrote: »

If thats the case IMAO this is rather dodgy because a GP is not qualifed to make such an assessment unless they also happen to be a qualified and registered psychiatrist.

I was diagnosed by Samantha Lewis a pyschiatrist with the transition & liasion team at st mary's hospital Kettering.

It was my son's consultant that first mentioned the fact that he thought I had asperger's after he diagnosed my son.

It was my son's school that referred him to the consultant after the educational pyschiatrist whom he was reffered to for behavial problems noticed his lack of eye contact etc.

I'd never even heard of asperger's & was devasted when I found out my son had it let alone that I had it too.

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

pipkin71 wrote: »

I also believe BCS said she was diagnosed by her GP, but I could be wrong and it would need BCS to confirm who she was diagnosed by.

I agree though, that a GP should not be making a diagnosis of Aspergers as it would need further assessment, ect.

Ive never said that my GP diagnosed me. :mad:

I've always stated that it was my son's consultant that thought I had it & got my GP to refer me to the transition & liasion team at kettering.

I had to do various tests, they interviewed me, my mum, my sister, read my school reports.

They don't just diagnose people willy nilly.

I suppose I don't have asperger's now either. :mad:

I'm getting really fed up with all this & i'm disappointed that you are joining in with them now pipkin.

I thought you were better than that.

There seems to be a real gang mentality on here at the moment & it isn't pleasant at all.

pipkin71

Breast_Cancer_Survivor wrote: »

Ive never said that my GP diagnosed me. :mad:

I've always stated that it was my son's consultant that thought I had it & got my GP to refer me to the transition & liasion team at kettering.

I had to do various tests, they interviewed me, my mum, my sister, read my school reports.

They don't just diagnose people willy nilly.

I suppose I don't have asperger's now either. :mad:

I'm getting really fed up with all this & i'm disappointed that you are joining in with them now pipkin.

I thought you were better than that.

There seems to be a real gang mentality on here at the moment & it isn't pleasant at all.

I'm not joining in with anything.

Like I said, I thought you said your GP had diagnosed you but it would need you to say who it was as I may have been wrong in my assumption, which I was.

summerof0763

Breast_Cancer_Survivor wrote: »

I was diagnosed by Samantha Lewis a pyschiatrist with the transition & liasion team at st mary's hospital Kettering.

It was my son's consultant that first mentioned the fact that he thought I had asperger's after he diagnosed my son.

It was my son's school that referred him to the consultant after the educational pyschiatrist whom he was reffered to for behavial problems noticed his lack of eye contact etc.

I'd never even heard of asperger's & was devasted when I found out my son had it let alone that I had it too.

really do not know why people need to justify themselves.
can you not just accept that people have disabilities.
not everyone on here is out for what dla money they can get!
some of us are actually entitled to it