Tuliptoday wrote: I expect to have my assessment soon am I allowed to take a recording device in with me as my memory is awful and my husband is half deaf and wears a hearing aid - he is my main carer/
Thank you / this site is a blessing
You don't mention the benefit.
For ESA, Maximus can record your assessment, there is a request letter in the ESA section that you can use.
For PIP you will have to provide the equipmenmt.
You need permission in advance from the Assessment Provider to make the recording.
It needs to be made to two tapes of CDs simultaneously.
You cannot use a digital recorder such as a mobile phone.
Someone has today reported problems is the media is not new, so make sure that the tapes or CDs are still shrink wrapped and opened in the presence of the assessor.
You need to give one of the recordings to the assessor.
Most members have used two relatively cheap cassette recorders, check that they record without problem, some have used external microphones.
Gordon
