WCA Telephone Assessment

Many thanks Catherine.

It was actually the CAB website that confused me in the first place.

Hopefully everything will align favourably. The whole process causes confusion and plays nasty games with peoples' minds. I'm actually convinced it's designed to do so. There are so many traps within traps and 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' ploys.

Anyways, fingers crossed. Thanks again. Very much appreciated.

On the old principle of 'follow the money' Shemarie, I think your suspicions about mind games and traps are well founded....having worked in education I know full well that many honest decent hardworking people are not blessed with the literacy level the forms and guidance notes are pitched at for starters.
Best, Denby

It wasn't you that confused me Catherine. Please don't apologise. It's my own mistake- totally freaking out.

I keep re-running the whole thing to mentally prepare for a MR if necessary. I did so badly at the assessment that I can't see much good coming from it.

For example, he said to me quite out of the blue 'so what kind of food do you cook? Simple food?' And I said 'yes, simple food', fully expecting to be able to explain difficulties, aids/appliances, etc. He moved on so quickly that I didn't get the chance. Now I can see him translating that into 'can easily cook a meal'. I could kick myself. You'd have to have the mind of a snake to see it coming.

I also need to ask you about the likelyhood of them contacting my GP? My GP surgery has been in special measures and I haven't been able to speak to my own GP since mid 2018. If I'm lucky enough to get an appointment at all it's with a different doctor each time. They wouldn't really know me from Adam. Most of my treatment takes place across different departments of the hospital and my previous WCAs have been paper assessments.

Denby, I honestly didn't panic as much over my final exams as I do at the sight of a brown envelope. It's an act of cold, calculated cruelty to throw this at anyone, let alone people who have literacy or learning difficulties. We know it, they know it and there's another DWP related inquest in the news practically every other week. Why isn't there more public outrage?

Sorry for banging on so much. But this is one of the very few places I feel safe to express these concerns without being judged.

Many thanks and best wishes to all.

Thank you so much Gary. Can't tell you how much I appreciate the support of the mods and other forum members.

Thanks again and all the best.