Seeing to cross the road descriptor on ESA form?

johnsmi

Hi,

I have poor eyesight and filling in the esa 50 form.

it asks "Can you see to cross the road" with a yes no or it varies for an answer.

What kind of a road do you think they are talking about, a busy city street or a less busy one, or maybe even a narrow back street road?

I can usually mange the quiet roads with no traffic but have been knocked down by a motor bike in the past, and have had some near misses because of my misjudgement of traffic speed and distance on busier roads. Some really busy roads I wouldn't cross atall except at crossings, do they actually mean at crossings on main busy roads, its so so vague.

I will probably answer it varies and go on to explain but why of why can they not be more straightforward in their questions without all the vagueness?

Thanks for any replies.

John

olias

You need to say NO you cannot do so safely and the evidence of this is that you have previously been knocked down my a motorbike.

Olias

abudabi

Yup agree with Olias don't give them room for debate, you have evidence for the negative box

johnsmi

Thanks for replies.

Just to add a lot of the time I have no option as there is no one with me, so I have to take a chance that I am crossing safe enough.

So in that regards is still putting no the best option?

Thanks very much for your help in this.

John

Horseunderwater

Yes put no. You're not safe to cross the road on your own.

HOWMUCH

You need to look into getting registered as Partially sighted if you can, this can be done via a referral from your GP

Parva

Ticking the 'It varies' box pretty much is like ticking the 'Yes' box as I found out to my cost on certain questions in the past. Tick 'No' if there are situations that apply and explain why.

johnsmi

Thanks for replies. I am actually registered as partially sighted so that may help me.

One thing though as at the moment I intend to fill in form myself and another thread states that ATOS take a lot of meaning from a person able to fill in a form.

John

Parva

johnsmi wrote: »

Thanks for replies. I am actually registered as partially sighted so that may help me.

One thing though as at the moment I intend to fill in form myself and another thread states that ATOS take a lot of meaning from a person able to fill in a form.

John

Nah, that's rubbish. It's read and matched against descriptors regardless of who filled it in, provided that you have of course signed it at the end.

johnsmi

Thanks Parva for your reply.

I put the question about filling in form to the ATOS rep on here and here is his response.

"So, while it is correct that an individual’s ability - or otherwise - to complete a relatively complex form such as an ESA50 may give useful information about some areas of their function, this information should be balanced against other details from the medical history, typical day, examination findings and observations"

Its a recent post so you can check up on it on that particular thread to the ATOS rep on here.

I take it from his reply that ability to fill in the form is indeed taking into consideration, though it may not be the only thing.

Thanks
John

nannytone_2

im registered blind and someone else writes on the forms for me. but they write what i want them to write. i always say that i have filled the form in myself because i gave all the information.
someone filling it in on my behalf would be answering the questions themselves