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6 years 10 months ago #191255 by Perdita
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was thinking he might score on bathing taking more than twice as long. reliabilty, time thing
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6 years 10 months ago #191260 by Gordon
What I meant was that if he only has so much energy a day available to him then he may prioritise it's cosnsultion to things he needs to do rather than things he could do, as a result he might need prompting in order to divert energy to actually bathe.
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Cruella wrote: Thank you. I am not sure what you mean by manage his exertions. Could you elaborate please. He has struggled to get to sleep since he was a baby, and now at 19 years old, he still cannot get to sleep until sometimes 4 o clock in the morning. Then he cannot wake up! So throughout the school week he is always tired. I think the sleeping probs are linked to his autism.
What I meant was that if he only has so much energy a day available to him then he may prioritise it's cosnsultion to things he needs to do rather than things he could do, as a result he might need prompting in order to divert energy to actually bathe.
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6 years 10 months ago #191261 by Gordon
It's a stretch but he can try it. For ESA , requiring lots of sleep and even falling asleep when carrying out an activity is not considered as a reason to score points, I haven't seen the argument raised for PIP, but the DWP may take the same view as they do for ESA.
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Cruella wrote: was thinking he might score on bathing taking more than twice as long. reliabilty, time thing
It's a stretch but he can try it. For ESA , requiring lots of sleep and even falling asleep when carrying out an activity is not considered as a reason to score points, I haven't seen the argument raised for PIP, but the DWP may take the same view as they do for ESA.
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6 years 10 months ago #191487 by Perdita
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Hi,
Just checking, I may have asked this before but cannot see it when browsing through previous postings, but is it ok for me to fill in the PIP form referring to my son eg 'John finds it difficult to... ' And then get my son to sign it.
Just checking, I may have asked this before but cannot see it when browsing through previous postings, but is it ok for me to fill in the PIP form referring to my son eg 'John finds it difficult to... ' And then get my son to sign it.
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6 years 10 months ago #191492 by Perdita
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Also my son gets really bad migraines. I have not requested his GP notes because they have not been involved in his autism difficulties at all.
My son has not seen a GP for many years, his treatment re migraines has been done by phone and letter. Still I am wondering whether his migraines should come into the claim, they are at worst as often as fortnightly but only last a day. However they are really bad and he cannot see properly for about ten hours. I was worrying about whether in the future he tried using public transport independently how on earth he would cope if a migraine started mid journey. Then I started to wonder whether maybe his migraines are relevant to PIP, do you think they could be relevant to the 'going out' section?
My son has not seen a GP for many years, his treatment re migraines has been done by phone and letter. Still I am wondering whether his migraines should come into the claim, they are at worst as often as fortnightly but only last a day. However they are really bad and he cannot see properly for about ten hours. I was worrying about whether in the future he tried using public transport independently how on earth he would cope if a migraine started mid journey. Then I started to wonder whether maybe his migraines are relevant to PIP, do you think they could be relevant to the 'going out' section?
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6 years 10 months ago #191495 by Gordon
As long as he is capable of reading and understanding what you have written then it's OK for him to sign the form.
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Cruella wrote: Hi,
Just checking, I may have asked this before but cannot see it when browsing through previous postings, but is it ok for me to fill in the PIP form referring to my son eg 'John finds it difficult to... ' And then get my son to sign it.
As long as he is capable of reading and understanding what you have written then it's OK for him to sign the form.
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