Babies, biscuits, boobs and budgetting!

Gemmzie

jacs76 wrote: »

i only get £19 a week tax credits with dla

The basic amount is £2540 a year, I'd say they've calculated that wrong. For your son right?

jacs76

how do you know this?

Gemmzie

jacs76 wrote: »

how do you know this?

The DLA bit - from working with benefits (for under 25s) for a couple of years (shhhh it's a bit of a secret) and experience with disabled kids (friends, two mates work for disability charities).

The Tac Credits how much - from HMRC website

jacs76

i suppose it all depends at the time doesn't it no one can say for sure if it will be awarded over the age of 16 or not and to be honest depending on the scale awarded he may be better off claiming incapacity benefit for himself anyway as dans social worker advised us obviously i will have to claim it on his behalf as i do the dla as for the past 13 years i have been claiming dla it has been paid to dan anyway.
you cannot say a particular condition is severe or not just by its label either.
it is again very individial and personal

JET34

Hi Snaggles
I was wondering if that parcel has turned up yet????
Well done for sticking up for yourself re the nursery I have to say I was very impressed!!

barnaby-bear

Gemmzie wrote: »

Asperger's is considered a "mild" disability in childhood, and how it'll affect a young adult / adult can't be determined - some people get a lot better (almost grow out of it), others need a lot of help as adults. So they reassess it a lot between 16 - mid 20s before deciding which level of care is needed longer term.

Hope that makes sense

I have had quite a lot of autistic students (it goes with the subject) and a lot of them find life a lot easier after school, their peers are older and appreciate/accept the differences. It becomes less about fitting in a clique, a lot of jobs are logic and task based and can suit them well, not everyone has to be customer facing and perceptive of emotions. Plus they get a lot better at coping and accepting their differences themselves, I think some get angry as teens as school is quite rigid but as they get older and there's a wider range of jobs and people contact available it gets easier. Just some anecdotal evidence. I'm convinced a lot of my colleagues are undiagnosed autistic but that goes with academia - we just redefine it as normal.

Gemmzie

jacs76 wrote: »

i suppose it all depends at the time doesn't it no one can say for sure if it will be awarded over the age of 16 or not and to be honest depending on the scale awarded he may be better off claiming incapacity benefit for himself anyway as dans social worker advised us obviously i will have to claim it on his behalf as i do the dla as for the past 13 years i have been claiming dla it has been paid to dan anyway.
you cannot say a particular condition is severe or not just by its label either.
it is again very individial and personal

Personally, I know that. But the decision makers don't decide on that, you have to fit one box or another. It's what lets down the system.

DLA can be claimed with IB so not sure what you mean?

jacs76

sorry i am not continuing with this conversation especially on snaggles thread

Snaggles

*sneaks in wondering if she should run for cover*

Hellooooooo! Had a great day at work today, I seem to be managing to pick things up quite quickly, and I'm getting back into the swing of things. I'm so surprised to find that my brain still works a bit!

Jet, thank you so much for the package, it arrived this morning. I love the beige skirt, and it fits perfectly. The other one is slightly on the small side, but as I started doing Bunny's SW challenge today, I'll be in it in no time! Haven't tried the trousers yet, but I think they will also require the SW challenge... :rotfl: They are lovely though, thanks!

Mrs_Sparkle

Hello hun, just thought I'd see how the working mum's getting on! It's nice to use the brain cells again isn't it, although if I'm being honest I do miss my Phil n Fern daily fix on mat leave xx