No 4 point PIP descriptors results
| Submission ID: 1164700 |
| Date: 2025-04-10 11:00:32 |
| Nickname: TBird |
| Age: 55 |
| Main health condition: Both physical and mental health |
| Main conditions that affect daily living: hypermobile spectrum disorder chronic pain autism (also dyslexia, depression and anxiety) |
| Rate of PIP daily living component: Standard |
| 4 point descriptor score: No |
| Possibility to score at least one 4-point daily living descriptor at the next review: not a hope |
| Tasks you struggle with on a day-to-day basis: Physically - cooking, washing hair (have shaved it all off), general household stuff, sleeping Due to sensory issues - showering, lots of food textures Due to executive function issues - remembering to eat, shower and take medications |
| Expected income you will lose if the Green Paper cuts are imposed: all my PIP care element, plus that of my daughter who has similar issues to me |
| Expected problems if you tried moving into work, with support from a work coach: there are no jobs locally that I can do! pretty much all the advertised jobs in this area are for care work, considering I can't look after myself properly, I can't see me doing well doing that! I can't do office work as I have dyslexia, which makes the whole typing thing a bit entertaining, I can't do noisy places thanks to sensory glitches, I can't do a physical job due to HSD. Also, I can't see many employers being happy with my sick record, which got me sacked from my previous job |
| Anything else to tell us: it's not about work though is it? It's about taking away independence from a great many people. My PIP pays a cleaner to come in once a week and just do the basics so that I have the energy to do other things. It pays for meal shakes for days when I can't comfortably eat solid food and for days when I've forgotten to eat until I hit the point of being hangry and can't think, and if I worked, I'd need those shakes more often. It pays for the extra electricity for the through floor lift so I can get upstairs to bed safely. It pays for fuel for my car so I can get to appointments. It pays for wheelchair maintenance. It pays for prescriptions and oh so many over the counter meds and supplements. |
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