Porillion Report post Posted January 26, 2011 Hi, A big thank you to everyone who answered my questions a few weeks ago. I'm an adult whose fiancee first noticed many similarities between my thinking and behaviour and that of her son, who has AS: Except hopefully I'm more adult than a teenager! Thanks to your suggestions, I made a successful approach to my GP who referred me on for assessment. I've also now passed the initial screening stage and been referred for full assessment by a psychologist at some point in the future; hopefully not too long. It turns out that the online test I took for the Austism Quotient was inaccurate - it missed several answers - and I score 47/50. The local charity involved in the screening stage has also helped me put in a claim for DLA, although if the accompanying booklet on whether you should claim is anything to go by pretty much no-one can claim DLA now (you have to be born without legs, or 100% blind and 80% deaf, etc.). Shocking. Anyway, touch wood. Take care, one and all. Ian Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charlotte Report post Posted January 26, 2011 how did you get help for your DLA claim. i applied and got turned down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Porillion Report post Posted January 30, 2011 how did you get help for your DLA claim. i applied and got turned down. Hi, Charlotte, I took a two-pronged approach. I joined Benefits and Work (http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/) and followed their DLA claim booklet, and I asked my support worker at my local charity to help - the one I had to go through before going on to the pyschologist (whom I'm still waiting to see). I'm not hopeful I'll get DLA either, despite the problems I have, but if I don't apply (and appeal if necessary), I guess I certainly won't! I'm sorry you were turned down. Take care, Ian Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
