Writing a submission for FTT

Cat

The PIP2 asks you to detail your medical history, did you not complete this section?

Gordon

Cat

Are you sure you mean 25 December?

It's not always a question of providing new evidence, the most important thing is to make sure that you have explained how you meet the criteria for an award but one place you can look is your medical records at your GP Practice, the Consultants, etc. that you have seen will normally write to your GP with the details of any tests and meetings that they have had with you.

Gordon

Cat

The Going Out activity looks at three things, it can't consider any physical problems unless you can show they result in the following.

Planning a route - this is primarily a cognitive or sensory (e.g. blindness) activity. You are being asked about the problems you would have with working out how to get from one place to another, you do not need to be able to follow the route that you are planning.

Undertaking a Journey - this is to do with mental health issues such as agoraphobia and social anxiety and is concerned with you leaving the house to go somewhere, they will be interested in the things that stop you doing this. You need to show that you would suffer "overwhelming psychological distress" to meet the criteria.

Following a route - This activity about the problems you would have navigating a route. So are there problems; cognitive, sensory or mental health issues that would prevent you from doing this? This is different from undertaking a journey, in fact, if you cannot undertake a journey then you will not score points for following one and vice versa.

Gordon