Pip

backdoorwarrior

billywilly wrote: »

Good on you then. All you have to worry about now is finding out if the DWP will agree with your determination

I made this thread to answer a specific question. I not made it for you to crayon over with your random, irrelevant, and incoherent thoughts.

rogerblack

shegirl wrote: »

I'm not sure how having a note taker and a computer at uni is in any way relevant to PIP tbh.

PIP forms are very different to DLA though and are very specific

PIP forms are not the underlying law.
However, in general, for cognitive or social problems - not physical - the level of disability needed is quite high.

Would you be able to get to university or some other place safely and reliably without an aid.
Can you make budgeting decisions?
Can you plan and follow a journey?
Can you cook a meal? (if you could cook, and had the desire to)
If you can do these things effectively - even with some difficulty - you are unlikely to be entitled to PIP at any level at all.

Aid for university is set at a really, really low level - because it expects you to be able to perform at an extremely high level.

PIP thresholds are enormously higher, as it's not asking 'what would be required to get this person to their best performance' - but 'can this person manage a basic existance doing nothing complex or strenuous but merely surviving'.
Are they spilling food on themselves all the time, burning food, falling when trying to shower, ...