How do I cancel my DLA claim.

Indie_Kid

wattdallas wrote: »

To recieve HRC you clearly need to have high care needs.
I wouldnt think you would like to be that disabled .Would you ?

I think you'll find I am that disabled. A friend of mine would disagree with you there, regarding high care needs. I assume that you've never had to deal with someone who has just come out of a a major depressive episode? It's not nice and it does require a lot of help - to the extent where my friend pretty much said that I need someone to supervise me all the time - because I am that unpredictable. And I take it you've managed to totally muck up your joints whilst sleeping? I've done that many times because the only comfortable position is one that causes spasm.

You have pretty much said I'm a liar. where's your evidence then? Oh yes, that's right - other people with different disabilities, who have one of the same type of disability I have - remember, I have 4 or 5 different types. (and possibly more, according to a report about me)

pipkin71

How do you currently manage with turning over during the night, sh?

pipkin71

See this thread went quiet :whistle:

seven-day-weekend

petrolhead. wrote: »

So we have to await our fate until the next election?

It is so wrong to say that the changes will NOT affect the claim. If that is the case why the change?

People like me and others on this thread are dreading what is instore.

Of course we are going to worry, it's the very nature of being ill or disabled that makes us that way. We have no control over our lives - changes will be made and there is nothing we can do about them.

Whether DLA is hard to get or not is immaterial, are you suggesting that the OP keeps the benefit because after the changes it may not be possible to obtain it again?

DLA is there - for every genuine case. The way the benefit has to be claimed and the pressure put upon the claimant thereafter is intolerable and into the mix we add the unknowing changes for the future.

If the OP is happy to give it up they should be allowed to do so and not feel pressurised into changing their mind. If they are happier without the benefit then that must come first!

I don't understand. My son's girlfriend sent the form in (with help from us to fill it in), got her DLA (both components low rate) and afaik has to do nothing else.

What pressure is put upon the claimant after that and why is it intolerable?

Genuine question?

cit_k

Brassedoff wrote: »

Ok, I see where you are coming from, but did the system of change not always exist? If you get DLA now, the chances of losing it when the changes come in are small. At present any recipient is better off and gets a percentage of something. Giving the benefit up mean getting 100% of nothing. Look at the appeals for ESA, that benefit is simpler to get and they are snowed under. DLA/PIP will be the straw that breaks the camels back. When your assessment/re-assessment comes, apply, nothing ventured, nothing gained!

Is ESA simpler to get than DLA?

With DLA at present, you dont always need a medical.
With DLA at present, you can be well enough to work,and still be working.
With DLA claimaint evidence is given priority over atos reports.


With ESA apart from a minority of people, you will need a medical.
With ESA you have to be unfit for any work to get into the support group, and unfit for work without help to get into the work related group.
With ESA ATOS reports are given priority over any other medical evidence.

pipkin71

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

I don't understand. My son's girlfriend sent the form in (with help from us to fill it in), got her her DLA (both components low rate) and afaik has to do nothing else.

What pressure is put upon the claimant after that and why is it intolerable?

Genuine question?

From my personal experience, there isn't any pressure put on myself with regards DLA, sdw.

I sent my renewal forms, which I filled in myself. They renewed DLA [HRM/HRC] and I just need to inform them if there are any changes to ensure I am receiving the correct rate.

No pressure, nothing intolerable, so not sure why it was suggested otherwise

seven-day-weekend

Thanks Pipkin!

qwertyuiop12345

merlin68 wrote: »

I have a motability car on DLA is it possible to cancel my DLA, I just can't deal with all the stress of all the changes coming in.

I haven't read the whole thread, so this may have been said, but my advice is this:

Don't make any rash changes. You have no control over changes that may happen and you probably find this and the uncertainty scary (I know I do). But the stress isn't coming from your receipt of DLA or having the motability contract, it is probably coming from the media impressions and general discussions about future change and the fears this can create.

I feel the best way to reduce this stress right now is to avoid reading all the press releases/ artices/ forums etc. about the cuts and just try not to think about it too much. Yes, this is the head in the sand approach, but I think this is one time where this may be the best way to preserve mental well being.

Oldernotwiser's suggestion about stopping the car contract and trying to save up the DLA money could also be a good tactic, although without the car you may need to spend this money on other transport options, depending on your situation.

Given the current uncertainty about future welfare and care it would be especially wise for everyone to attempt to save up money, if they can.

moneybuster

this government want people to give a knee jerk reaction ( something my doctor has been trying to find in me for years :rotfl:) i refuse to be bullied by by the same old dinosaur beliefs that this government feel so right, first off DLA is an allowance to supplement the extra we have to pay for people or organisations we have to pay to enable us to live a independent life something which i believe we have a right too.

i pay a gardener ( i like having a nice garden i give my spirits a lift)

i could not afford a car so i have part of the allowance go to a charity Mobility to give me freedom from being house bound, taxi's are not an option as i have specific needs.

most of my allowance goes on heating in the winter(no cold weather payments for us)

i pay for a lady to come in and do my feet something as simple as cutting toe nails is important.

i also pay for all minor repairs to my house. £££

i also pay for other things out of my allowance that able bodied people will do them selves.


so how does disability effect people.

self esteem very low, depression, anxiety, stress, fear, pain, frustration, very little money, anger, sick of asking others to do what you could yourself, fed up of your body letting you down, sick of doctors, sick of hospitals, sick of waiting, not being able to provide for your family.

so this government can do what they like they will anyway, don't give up your car don't give up,

just remember DLA is an allowance to give financial assistance to help us do the things able bodied people take for granted, with out looking and living like a tramp.

let's see how Cameron or lib-lab wisywashy saddo work every day while i sick a screwdriver in there spine and twist it, to help i will shove 15mg morphine in them, and other drugs so in the end they are comfortably unconscious lets see him run the country while dribbling

a DLA doctor said to me once, you look very well, i said would you sooner me look like a pile of !!!!! so you can tick your box.

take everything but you can not take my pride or my resolve.

MB

moneybuster

And a few more things

ministers get an allowance for second TV'S kettles, carpets and duck houses on there ponds. so i can have a gardener,


also for people saying you get a free car,

I WOULD SWOP IT ANYDAY OF THE WEEK FOR THE USE OF MY !!!!ING LEGS YOU !!!!!!

mb