DLA for child

kingfisherblue

DLA has two components - care and mobility. Care is paid at three rates - low, middle or high, and can be paid from the age of three months old to those who qualify. Mobility has two rates (no middle rate). It can be paid from three years if the child qualifies for high rate, and from age five if they qualify for low rate mobility.

Using a pushchair beyond the age of three doesn't qualify a child for high rate mobility.

This link may help:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/disabledpeople/financialsupport/dg_10011816

mummyjonno

kingfisherblue wrote: »

DLA has two components - care and mobility. Care is paid at three rates - low, middle or high, and can be paid from the age of three months old to those who qualify. Mobility has two rates (no middle rate). It can be paid from three years if the child qualifies for high rate, and from age five if they qualify for low rate mobility.

Using a pushchair beyond the age of three doesn't qualify a child for high rate mobility.

This link may help:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/disabledpeople/financialsupport/dg_10011816

I guess using a pushchair or carrying a child with high rate care doesn't qualify for low mobility either then as we didn't get it and my almost 5 year old doesn't walk anywhere! Not that it matters to me personally he was very fortune to be awarded what he got.

stiltwalker

Many charities/support groups offer excellent guides to filling in DLA forms, I referred to the Cerebra guide when filling it in for my daughter - if you have a carers organisation locally (check http://www.carers.org/ to find your local one) they are often able to offer good advice too.

kingfisherblue

My son has always qualified for HRC but also for HRM since the age of three, because he has always found walking very painful due to hypermobile joints. He also has breathing difficulties. To be fair, his joints are painful even without walking, and he has some breathing problems even when he sits still.

A child who receives HRC and who has severe behavioural difficulties can qualify for HRM.

Once your son is 5, you can reapply for mobility, as it is possible he may qualify for low rate even if he doesn't qualify for the higher rate. Using a pushchair or being carried alone, without qualifying under the other criteria, doesn't qualify a child for HRM. My son obviously used a pushchair or was carried, but received HRM because he qualified under the criteria mentioned in the link I posted.

Cherryjack

Thanks so much everyone.. ive located all his forms for specialists and im having another go at it tonight.. very hard to do in the day when he is up and takes him forever to get to sleep and then wakes all thru the night.. Im going to go to the National autistic website to get the notes.. your right, it does not seem to apply to an ASD child x