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7 years 2 weeks ago #186808 by Gordon
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Cruella wrote: Could I send the occupational therapist's assessment report to my son's GP and then put his GP as a professional for ATOS to contact (hopefully the gp will also have letters from the past about his condition) although the GP has not seen him for many years. Would a GP refer to and write about what is on the private occupational therapist's report if ATOS asked?
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7 years 2 weeks ago #187310 by Perdita
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Do you know if you can have a home visit/assessment not in your own home. Strange question I know, but my son would not be able to get to an assessment centre and I cannot face having unfamiliar medical people in my home, due to phobias . Do you think my son could have a home visit arranged at his father's house? Have you ever heard of anything like this sort of arrangement?
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7 years 2 weeks ago #187320 by Gordon
I have to admit that I have never heard of this being done and I think the Assessment Provider would likely argue that if he can go this other place then he can attend at their offices, however, you lose nothing by asking, but I would get the home assessment agreed first and then try to change the venue. It will need to be very near to your home, to avoid the above argument and the assessor being able to fit it in to their schedule.
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Cruella wrote: Do you know if you can have a home visit/assessment not in your own home. Strange question I know, but my son would not be able to get to an assessment centre and I cannot face having unfamiliar medical people in my home, due to phobias . Do you think my son could have a home visit arranged at his father's house? Have you ever heard of anything like this sort of arrangement?
I have to admit that I have never heard of this being done and I think the Assessment Provider would likely argue that if he can go this other place then he can attend at their offices, however, you lose nothing by asking, but I would get the home assessment agreed first and then try to change the venue. It will need to be very near to your home, to avoid the above argument and the assessor being able to fit it in to their schedule.
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7 years 1 week ago #187577 by Perdita
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His fathers house is literally 2 minutes walk from our house. But I m still unsure whether I want to put my son through a face2face. Wondering whether just to fill in the PIP form between us and then withdrawing from the claim if a face2face is needed. I am pretty sure a face2face will be needed as the newest evidence is a statement of special educational needs from 2013 (my son refused to continue with learning supports from 2014). The other evidence is from when he was 4 years old with the diagnosis of autism and a little more evidence from when he was 8 showing mild coordination problems. Do you think it highly unlikely they would do it paper based even if we explain how he would struggle with a face2face. Also how much do you think a current private occupational therapist report would help in avoiding a face2face please
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7 years 1 week ago #187578 by Gordon
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As this is a first claim you will need to provide convincing evidence for a paper assessment to be done.
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As this is a first claim you will need to provide convincing evidence for a paper assessment to be done.
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7 years 1 week ago #187580 by Perdita
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We did claim DLA until he was 16(he is 19 now). Do you think they will have all that previous claim info, do you think the previous claims until he was 16 would help this new claim go through paperbased?
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