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12 years 3 months ago - 12 years 3 months ago #95557 by DRAGON2009
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Would the ability to drive be of interest to Atos HCP's in regard to the mental descriptors I mean as a way of saying a person has no problem with 'personal actions' when at home they actually have many reasons with personal actions initiaing or completing , or perhaps they could say driving involves social contact eg. buying petrol, dealing with recovery vehicles or the MOT station etc ?
What of someone like me socially impaired and stricken with fear and panic and doesnt answer the door or the phone but does drive
A bit of a worry with the ESA50 on my desk !
What of someone like me socially impaired and stricken with fear and panic and doesnt answer the door or the phone but does drive
A bit of a worry with the ESA50 on my desk !
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12 years 3 months ago #95561 by Gordon
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XFACTOR wrote:
I hope this helps.
Gordon
They will make assumptions regarding your ability to drive, but there is nothing you can do to stop this, however, you can challenge those assumptions in how you respond in your ESA50, you have already thought abou this in your post, so just spend some time looking at each question and thinking how it relates to your driving. So as an example; maybe you only use a self-service pump where you can also pay, maybe you only drive to place that you know and always use the same route.Would the ability to drive be of interest to Atos HCP's in regard to the mental descriptors I mean as a way of saying a person has no problem with 'personal actions' when at home they actually have many reasons with personal actions initiaing or completing , or perhaps they could say driving involves social contact eg. buying petrol, dealing with recovery vehicles or the MOT station etc ?
What of someone like me socially impaired and stricken with fear and panic and doesnt answer the door or the phone but does drive
A bit of a worry with the ESA50 on my desk !
I hope this helps.
Gordon
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12 years 3 months ago #95564 by Jim Allison BSc, Inst LE, MBIM; MA (Consumer Protection & Social Welfare Law)
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Replied by Jim Allison BSc, Inst LE, MBIM; MA (Consumer Protection & Social Welfare Law) on topic Re:driving and WCA mental health
XFACTOR wrote:
In addition to what Gordon has advised, from my experience whether you drive a car with a manual or automatic gearbox would also be considered.
Would the ability to drive be of interest to Atos HCP's in regard to the mental descriptors I mean as a way of saying a person has no problem with 'personal actions' when at home they actually have many reasons with personal actions initiaing or completing , or perhaps they could say driving involves social contact eg. buying petrol, dealing with recovery vehicles or the MOT station etc ?
What of someone like me socially impaired and stricken with fear and panic and doesnt answer the door or the phone but does drive
A bit of a worry with the ESA50 on my desk !
In addition to what Gordon has advised, from my experience whether you drive a car with a manual or automatic gearbox would also be considered.
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12 years 3 months ago #95618 by DRAGON2009
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Thank you Gordan and Jim
As regards Jim's point re 'automatic ' gearbox
I guess that in a assessment of mental ability driving
an automatic car is regarded as less mentally testing, or less multi task intensive
However, my feeling is that if they want to be awkward they could argue ability and engagement in driving to
almost completely sabotage a mental health esa case
planning, execution of tasks, dealing with hazards, social contact (you would be hard pushed to always be able to avoid it )
Thankfully, I haven't read horror stories about atos using driving against people
As regards Jim's point re 'automatic ' gearbox
I guess that in a assessment of mental ability driving
an automatic car is regarded as less mentally testing, or less multi task intensive
However, my feeling is that if they want to be awkward they could argue ability and engagement in driving to
almost completely sabotage a mental health esa case
planning, execution of tasks, dealing with hazards, social contact (you would be hard pushed to always be able to avoid it )
Thankfully, I haven't read horror stories about atos using driving against people
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