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8 years 9 months ago #138255 by tracy
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Dear all,
My 16 year old has his Atos assessment tomorrow, he is autistic. what will happen if he will not talk to or even go into the room with the Assesser? I have phoned and asked but the question was not really answered so none the wiser.
Thanks Tracy :
My 16 year old has his Atos assessment tomorrow, he is autistic. what will happen if he will not talk to or even go into the room with the Assesser? I have phoned and asked but the question was not really answered so none the wiser.
Thanks Tracy :
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8 years 9 months ago #138257 by Gordon
Is someone going with him to the assessment?
If he is unable to express his problems or is unaware of them then it should be possible for a companion to speak on his behalf, but I would not rush to do this, allow the assessor to realise that there is a problem.
Have a look at the PIP Claim guide, there is a section towards the back that covers the assessment and the questions you are likely to be asked.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
Gordon
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tracy wrote: Dear all,
My 16 year old has his Atos assessment tomorrow, he is autistic. what will happen if he will not talk to or even go into the room with the Assesser? I have phoned and asked but the question was not really answered so none the wiser.
Thanks Tracy :
Is someone going with him to the assessment?
If he is unable to express his problems or is unaware of them then it should be possible for a companion to speak on his behalf, but I would not rush to do this, allow the assessor to realise that there is a problem.
Have a look at the PIP Claim guide, there is a section towards the back that covers the assessment and the questions you are likely to be asked.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip
Gordon
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8 years 9 months ago #138303 by tracy
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Dear All,
My Autistic son had his PIP assessment today, it seemed to go well however you never know lots of trick questions asked to him and my husband stated that he was aware of them being asked. My question now however is at the end the Assessor asked T to remember 3 items and later she would ask him what they where, to fold paper in to 3 halves which he did to perfection and count backwards from 100 going down in 7's, which he could not so he was asked to do it in 1's from 100 to 93 which he did. The assessor seemed over excited that T had been on holiday,( I felt just because you are Autistic does not mean you can not have a holiday). But I think it may go against him.
Tracy.
My Autistic son had his PIP assessment today, it seemed to go well however you never know lots of trick questions asked to him and my husband stated that he was aware of them being asked. My question now however is at the end the Assessor asked T to remember 3 items and later she would ask him what they where, to fold paper in to 3 halves which he did to perfection and count backwards from 100 going down in 7's, which he could not so he was asked to do it in 1's from 100 to 93 which he did. The assessor seemed over excited that T had been on holiday,( I felt just because you are Autistic does not mean you can not have a holiday). But I think it may go against him.
Tracy.
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