cognitive/LD + Down's Syndrome

juba wrote: Am attempting to complete this form for my daughter

So much of the issues are not mentioned - sensory has going out alone and not being able to cross the road but her issues are not sensory as such though they have a visual component - it is cognitive.

Is there any help anywhere for interpreting this in terms of Down's Syndrome ???

juba wrote: Sorry - it is ESA 50 and she had an indefinite award to IB when she was a teenager. She can't understand the form - I'm having trouble.

I have downloaded and read and re-read the the guides and they are very good. But the form does not cater for those whose problems stem from a cognitive deficit due to learning disabilities.

She can't cross the road because she can't judge traffic speed, or react quickly enough to take advantage of a gap. She can't easily make herself understood - or understand others due to cognitive deficit in processing - it is not a sensory thing, she can hear and see and speak (not formulate speech in the sense of putting the words together to make conventional sense but to say words out loud) but they do not seem to cover any of the big cognitive problems.

It isn't a form for someone with cognitive issues and I am somewhat at a loss.