Hi - am hoping you can help. This is only my second posting.
My son will be 5 in September and we get middle rate DLA (about �165 a month?) and was diagnosed with ASD 3 weeks ago. We've been getting DLA for a few months though, based on his 'behaviour' and general symptoms. My husband stays at home with him while I go to work (financial reasons - I earn more) and has a part time job which he does very early in the morning, before I go to work.
We recently applied for Carers Allowance foir my husband because if he could give up his part time job, his life would be considerably easier, but they turned him down. Do you think its worth re-applying now we have a diagnosis?
BTW, my son has also had lots of sight tests since and he has very bad eyesight, which is another new thing since we applied for Carers/DLA. Should we re-apply for both?