Food Allergy financial help?

sulkisu

dmg24 wrote: »

I find it a bit odd that someone would claim DLA because it was difficult to take a thirteen month old baby out for dinner!

Claiming, no. I find it odd that they would actually be awarded it though .

munchings-n-crunchings

dmg24 wrote: »

I find it a bit odd that someone would claim DLA because it was difficult to take a thirteen month old baby out for dinner!

Actually, that was one of the reasons given by the Decision Maker when making the award, not a reason for the application, or even a consideration.

It can be difficult getting your head around feeding a child with food intolerances. It becomes more complicated, when other adults don't want to change their eating habbits, hence it can be like feeding 2 families.

We use Pure sunflower spread as it avoids most allergens. For cakes and baking Stork block margarine, not the tub variety. rice milk is a good alternative to milk.

Munchie

Kimitatsu

munchings-n-crunchings wrote: »

Actually, that was one of the reasons given by the Decision Maker when making the award, not a reason for the application, or even a consideration.

It can be difficult getting your head around feeding a child with food intolerances. It becomes more complicated, when other adults don't want to change their eating habbits, hence it can be like feeding 2 families.

We use Pure sunflower spread as it avoids most allergens. For cakes and baking Stork block margarine, not the tub variety. rice milk is a good alternative to milk.

Munchie

I am sorry but it is not difficult to get your head around, although it can be more expensive. Whilst I appreciate you were awarded DLA, are you still in receipt of it?

My son is lactose, soya, gluten and fruit intolerant (some fruits he can tolerate but not many) he was diagnosed by the chief consultant at Addenbrokes and never once was it mentioned that I should claim DLA because I couldnt take him out to dinner. :eek:

Over the last few years there has been a big increase in the amount of free from foods which are available (I realise many of them would not have been around when yours was little Munchie) and as someone has said cooking from scratch and education is the key to it. A child who can talk and make their own decisions has no extra care or mobility issues because of a food intolerance IMO; my son has been away on trips, has attended class parties, been for sleepovers, everything and a quick phone call or an email to the catering manager giving them a quick run down of a sample menu is all it has taken.

A friend of mine has a son with a milk protein allergy, he gets DLA for allergy induced autism which he suffers from and DOES have extra care needs, but even so it doesnt stop him leading a full life. He has just come back from a school trip to Spain with the other kids, so really I would question unless there are other care needs apart from food why DLA would be given.

Sorry Munchie this isnt directed at you, think I am just a bit flabbergasted!

iluvmarmite

I too am flabbergasted that DLA would be awarded for a food alergy, especialy for the reason you couldnt take a baby out to dinner! A child will still be in the care of its mother who, one would hope, would make sure he isnt given anything to aggrevate the allergy, what mobility needs would an allergy sufferer have? None as far as I am aware.

There are many many disabled people out there who have been turned down for DLA even though they are suffering some sort of real disablity, wether it be mental or physical, so to even think about applying for DLA for a food allergy is astounding! To buy various milk that suits milk allergy sufferers is not that much more expensive than normal cows milk, I know as my Grandson is milk intolerant and has to have either goats milk or lactose free and it works out basically the same as buying cows milk for him.

munchings-n-crunchings

Kimitatsu wrote: »

I am sorry but it is not difficult to get your head around, although it can be more expensive. Whilst I appreciate you were awarded DLA, are you still in receipt of it?

My daughter is still in receipt of DLA, but primarily for other reasons, but all connected.

As well as being whole protein intolerant, she, like your friends child, is also autistic.
It's never been termed as allergy induced autism, but as she is also asthmatic, and I know there is talk of a connection between all of them, but I also have a son with the same form of autism, but without the additional intolerances.

I was not the one that made the decision regarding the DLA, which was low rate care, and only applied on the advice of the dietician, and was just quoting the basis that the DWP decision maker used for their award decision.
Why the award at the time mentioned about going for a meal, I don't actually know, as that came from the DWP decision maker.

Munchie

Kimitatsu

Munchie - its not meant to be offensive to you and if your daughter is entitled the DLA then your case is based on other conditions as well. I know how hard it can be with children with conditions such as your daughters, and the care needs that are involved.

I think I was flabbergasted that DLA would be awarded ONLY for food intolerances or food allergies, because so many children have intolerances and allergies nowdays that it would open the floodgates.

meluvnext

There can be added expenses in having intolerants and allergies, my daughter is dairy and soya intolerant, as a family we have adjusted, I make food freshly prepared this can be more expensive as we always have to have fresh food in. If she goes to a friends house for tea I cant expect them to provide the appropriate foods so I will make her a packed lunch of foods she can have there. I have to think twice before deciding to eat out etc.

relic

Lmao, I love how my posts about claiming child support for a potato with a face on it were deleted, but not the one about dogs

bunny999

It's a crazy country, where do these scroungers think all this money is going to come from. No wonder we are in such a state.

moose1982

I'm not sure if there still is, but there was money available to help pay for food for people with coeliac disease.