DLA fraud check

Trialia wrote: »

*sighs* I have an IQ of 137 and I can't apply it because my short-term memory is so messed up. It drives me up the wall.

same here think my memory is really wieard atm though done this twice in two weeks and i have never done this in my life before i left my full set of keys in the front door :eek: not for 10 mins, for a good few hours the flat and my dog was fine , just really dont like it because normally iam really ocd over my keys and purse

ash4becks wrote: »

under the same rules that are in place now do you think your sons may recive it at a later date when over 16,

what worrys me is people not reciving HRM when it would help with there health and to support there needs and if the critreia is set even higher they may lose out and because worse not better because that wasnt put in place at the right time ,

my friend is blind he will soon be able to get HRM due to his blindness would this be taken away after all the fight thats happened over this i hope not because before i was ill it was me that used to take him around the shops in and out of taxis when a car for him would have helped him when the weather was so bad i had to do a shop for him as he couldnt get out of the house, is that going to be the same for others with the cuts i hope not

Only one of my boys receive DLA, the other two do not despite having disabilities....

Regarding youngest and his DLA once 16, what will be, will be....and who knows what the future will hold. He may improve to such an extent he may not require it, he may stay the same or he may get worse, 16 is still some time to go.

Whatever, it will be his decision on if he wants to claim it as an adult..just like it is my eldest sons decision not to claim DLA despite daily partial and full dislocations and pain.

krisskross wrote: »

I think DLA is excellent. I just think that it is only right that people should be asked to prove their need for it and actually then get the service that they say they need.

Well I had to do that. You have to complete an extensive and to be frank traumatising form which is then backed up by medical evidence. At the discretion of the decision maker they can arrange a medical.

In some instances this is not necessary as it is quite clear what is wrong with people from the evidence provided.

I actually did not have to go through an official DWP medical but my evidence is strong and backed up well. I would have gone through a medical but what a waste of time and money when they will only confirm what was on the paper by specialists in the field. DWP doctors are often incompetent and unable to make medical decisions in a specialism.

For example you can go to your GP for a complaint but are referred to a specialist for specific treatment. It is no different with the DWP. In effect they send out a "locum GP" with a scraping of knowledge in a claimant's condition and needs.

Perhaps the DWP should deploy a specialist in a claimants case? Surely this is the best way instead of the "generalised quacks" currently utilised.

karatedragon wrote: »

Well I had to do that. You have to complete an extensive and to be frank traumatising form which is then backed up by medical evidence. At the discretion of the decision maker they can arrange a medical.
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The majority of the DLA form is tick boxes and questions like "how many times a day", for "how many minutes a day". Certainly not traumatic imho.