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You could always try the CAB, they are fantastic about knowing how and what to put on forms. Do you have any disability advice centres where you live? There is a 2 month waiting list at ours which is not overly helpful when forms need to be in by a certain date but they might be worth investigating. Do you have a social worker? Again they help with this sort of thing if you can get one, I don't know how to go about getting one but the NAS would if you gave them a ring. But if I were you I would start with the CAB and giving the NAS a call, hope this helps

Yes definately, they expect you to appeal if the decision does not go the way you want it to. I requested a pack from the NAS website which is fantastic for claiming or reapplying, it gives you loads of suggestions for what to put relating to the symptoms of AS and ASD and how to word them on the form. If the decision goes badly I am sure if you contact them they will be able to advise you on how to appeal

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HI, our son lost his dla when he turned 12 years old, they said his needs were no different to any other child his age! We did reapply but got nowhere, that was two years ago and my hubby also lost the ca he got for looking after him. I am just in the process of claiming at the moment as I have just got a diagnosis so wish me luck

Hi, my name is Alex and I have just been diagnosed with AS at the ripe old age of 40 Just trying to get my head around everything - making sense of the last 35 years, trying to cope with what I now know are 'meltdowns', not depression, bipolar or a mood disorder without any medical help (our pct doesn't provide any funding for AS adults) and trying to come off the meds that were given to me when I was 'depressed' - fluoxetine and bipolar type 2 - lamotrigine. That's where I am at the moment, glad to have found this forum