Award Letter Received

28 points for Daily living and 12 for Mobility so enhanced rates for both which is the correct award considering the descriptors and d's needs. Thank you again the guides were great and advice on here invaluable. Interestingly they awarded 12 points for communicating verbally so I'm glad that I stood my ground with them despite them raising safeguarding as an issue. I would imagine it would have been far less had I somehow managed to get d to say yes.
So there is the positive, the negative is that it is for just three years which considering it's autism and lifelong and needs haven't changed in years and I don't envisage them changing seems unnecessarily short. Is it possible to challenge the length of award without risking the award itself?

Well done Donna, you can relax now - whatever you decide to do re the length of the claim. Pleased for both you and your daughter x

Such good news, well done for all your hard work! And a deserved award...congratulations, positive results give us hope!!!

Anji

I challenged the length of an award and they agreed to extend it by two more years.
I was hoping for an 'ongoing' light touch review but they refused that even though my health conditions are life long, have worsened over time and this impacts my ability to function or even raise from my bed on the majority of days.

Well I've drafted my MR whether it will be successful or not who knows but I've gone with nothing ventured nothing gained. I've pointed out that Autism is a lifelong development disorder, she was diagnosed at 2 with moderate to severe autism and prognosis was poor. She has in fact outstripped predictions made at the time but it seems she has reached her developmental peak and she has made no developmental gains in the last nine years despite high levels of input and so it's unlikely that there will be any significant changes made in the next three years even with the continuing input she has now. I will let you know how I get on.