DLA review of appointment to act

skellyele

I have just been sent one of those forms as as my son who is 9 is autistic was diagnosed at 2 years old my reply to it is that i am his mother and very responsible and if they think they can do a better job then please feel free to come and have a go ! i love my son to bits these forms do not scare me just make me extremely angry its like when i keep on having to re apply for his disability allowance the form asks does he still need the benefit ? well of course he does he is autistic and that wont ever change , they need to remember he is not a number but he is a person . Any way rant over and i bid you all good day .

GlasweJen

skellyele wrote: »

I have just been sent one of those forms as as my son who is 9 is autistic was diagnosed at 2 years old my reply to it is that i am his mother and very responsible and if they think they can do a better job then please feel free to come and have a go ! i love my son to bits these forms do not scare me just make me extremely angry its like when i keep on having to re apply for his disability allowance the form asks does he still need the benefit ? well of course he does he is autistic and that wont ever change , they need to remember he is not a number but he is a person . Any way rant over and i bid you all good day .

Would you be this ticked off if in the future anything happens and someone else were to fraudulently claim for your son (his dad for example).

With this form you now have evidence that it's you who deals with his money and no one else.

kingfisherblue

skellyele wrote: »

I have just been sent one of those forms as as my son who is 9 is autistic was diagnosed at 2 years old my reply to it is that i am his mother and very responsible and if they think they can do a better job then please feel free to come and have a go ! i love my son to bits these forms do not scare me just make me extremely angry its like when i keep on having to re apply for his disability allowance the form asks does he still need the benefit ? well of course he does he is autistic and that wont ever change , they need to remember he is not a number but he is a person . Any way rant over and i bid you all good day .

Your son may be autistic, and that won't change, but his care and mobility needs may change. I have a 14 year old son with Down's syndrome and a list of other medical conditions. His needs have always qualified him for high rate care and high rate mobility, but I wouldn't say his needs haven't changed. In many ways, they have increased - but on the other hand, he has developed in other ways.

DLA is paid based on care and/or mobility needs, and this can change over a period of time, especially with children. I know a number of children with autism, and some are high functioniong whilst others need a greater level of support. Some have learning difficulties or other conditions, whilst others don't.

Reapplying for DLA means that you have the opportunity to update the DWP on the needs that your child has, and whilst it is frustrating, time consuming, and often negative, it does help to ensure the correct level of award. After all, we've all seen people who claimed DLA for genuine reasons, but failed to inform the DWP when they no longer have care and/or mobility needs and have later been prosecuted for this - and quite rightly IMO.