IS to ESA to universal credits

sheps

The more time goes on the more stressed out i am starting to feel about the benefits shake up and the results i see happening to so many long term disabled people i know. As disabled person the thought of going through the esa bit was scary enough now i see it will only be short lived as they plan to change it again before they have even have got me on esa. As I am still on income support, whats the chances that i will bypass esa and be put on universal credits? My next IS renew date is not until 2013at the earliest it said on last letter i got a few years ago.. have feeling it more like i will be put though hell with esa just for it all to change again... *sighs* I went through years of hell, which made my health suffer and cost me benefits (lost my sda was lost but then i was granted back the same rights on my award but not in name as sda no longer existed or something), same with Dla as i was to ill to appeal but was eventually put back to rate i on now and granted definitely after the next review. Feels like i spent 15 years fighting to get what they said 3 years ago i should have had from the beginning just for it all to start again.. In last few years i have just started to come to terms with my health and find long term ways to help keep it a bit more stable and now i am about to go through all this stress again. Am i panicking over nothing? Will my case history have any baring on the review process? Sorry i am not sure what i am looking for here just really worried for my future.

rogerblack

History has little effect, other than as it reflects your current condition.
Plus, the conditions to get esa/uc differ, making old awards not always directly relevant.

sheps

just found this on another thread on here, looks like i qualify with over 15 points, so going to try and stop stressing http://www.tameside.gov.uk/esa/wca