To: David Cameron
Increase the age to have to claim Personal independance payment from 16 to 18yrs old
Keep children on DLA until the age of 18yrs before asking to claim PIP.
Why is this important?
I've noticed a lot of parents saying how their child has been stripped of support once they have turned 16. One of my children and possibly a second has lost money needed to help them with their disabilities. Since the new personal independence payment came out, too many children, who by law are still minors, and still classed as dependant, are being told that they don't qualify for PIP because they are capable of doing certain things. Should it matter that they can do things? after all, people on disability can still work right?
My son has ADHD/ODD. He tried to burn the house down, hes grabbed knives and held them to me in a rage, hes tried to cook for himself and when its gone wrong, he goes into a rage. He has so many problems settling in school/college, he cant keep still that the tutors have to stay with him. He talks of suicide all the time, running off and texting he will be dead soon. Things have worsened since he was stripped of his money. He can no longer do or buy things that helped him. He had a stack of supporting evidence at his PIP medical assessment but they still refused him to carry on getting money for his disabilities.
My daughter is now turning 16, she has severe learning disabilities. We as a family are prepared for her to lose her money too.
It seems replacing disability living allowance with a need to claim PIP was an easy way for Cameron to make his welfare cuts, cuts affecting disabled and the elderly and poor. How could it be right that they are taking out on children who need this help? How can they say 16yr olds don't need disability money if they can try cook for themselves or get dressed themselves? They have problems and they need more help than the average 16yr old.
All I'm asking is this age is put to 18, when they become an age when they are legally no longer children. Time to stop taking away from those who need it most
My son has ADHD/ODD. He tried to burn the house down, hes grabbed knives and held them to me in a rage, hes tried to cook for himself and when its gone wrong, he goes into a rage. He has so many problems settling in school/college, he cant keep still that the tutors have to stay with him. He talks of suicide all the time, running off and texting he will be dead soon. Things have worsened since he was stripped of his money. He can no longer do or buy things that helped him. He had a stack of supporting evidence at his PIP medical assessment but they still refused him to carry on getting money for his disabilities.
My daughter is now turning 16, she has severe learning disabilities. We as a family are prepared for her to lose her money too.
It seems replacing disability living allowance with a need to claim PIP was an easy way for Cameron to make his welfare cuts, cuts affecting disabled and the elderly and poor. How could it be right that they are taking out on children who need this help? How can they say 16yr olds don't need disability money if they can try cook for themselves or get dressed themselves? They have problems and they need more help than the average 16yr old.
All I'm asking is this age is put to 18, when they become an age when they are legally no longer children. Time to stop taking away from those who need it most
