Pip success! Blue Badge success!

I was on DLA; low rate care & high rate mobility.
& was invited to apply for PIP

They've awarded me the same & after all my friends' PIP horror stories i'm in shock.
I expected a BIG battle. Decision granted Just three weeks after my home assessment.

Oddly, despite not being as sick, i scored higher than i did when i was bedbound for a whole year!

I have M.E which is testing i fear, because they have no 'proof' ( no diagnostic test' ) & i wonder if this is why so many get turned down? .

I also applied for a blue badge 'before' i had my PIP decision & asked them to consider my application without the pip award being through ( in case it took 6 months), again my m.e friends have all been turned down...i sent in a photo of my electric wheelchair & its receipt, copy of a letter the dr wrote for my pip, photo of my box of meds & copy of prescriptions. I got the blue badge!

Happy days.

I want to thank this amazing board for the help, & information. i was so upset by the things my friends had gone through i don't think i'd have applied without your help here. Thank you!

Good luck to everyone, huge good luck.

Thank you!

Can I ask advice about some comments i've just read on my Allowance letter?

It says this;

1. You need an aid or appliance to be able to prepare or cook a simple meal ( 2 points)

But i never cook, i don't use any aids & i have a paid helper as i cant cook.

2. You need an aid or appliance to manage your toilet needs (2 points)

But i don't use rails or anything, i wheelchair right up to it & thats it.

3. You need to use an aid or appliance to dress or undress (2 points)

I don't use anything to do this. I may struggle at times to stand to get my clothes down, someone may have to fetch my coat if i can't stand that day but thats all, i neve use any kind of aids.

I never said any of those things nor wrote them in my application form. Do i need to tell them there is a mistake? I don't want this to cause me problems in the future with further assesments or claims?

Thank you

Congratulations on getting the PIP and blue badge. Thank you for letting us know and for your kind words about B+W

Thanks so much!