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Did you know the DWP have a booklet to work out how disabled you are?

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Link here its in PDF:

dwp.gov.uk/docs/dla.pdf

go to 2:1 that tells you PRESENTATION OF DISABILITY

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Rach1977

Hi, that looks interesting. I will give it a read, is it definatly in date and useable at present? I will look for dates etc when I trawl through it. Cheers though xx

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trisha64

thanks for that info have shared it to others on fb and twitter

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westgate

tameside.gov.uk/esa/wca

this is a link to the actual critieria and how they score you.

xx

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DeeG

Anything that provides an insight in to how the assessor's mind works is good and this does give a broad framework which can help get your thoughts together for an interview. HOWEVER this edition is dated 1998 and things have changed a great deal in that time. Support is still managed by a political party of one colour or another.

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circuitrunner

My thoughts - When I came to the point of not being able to work I had to have someone to come to the house to assess what and how I manage to live my life. This goes back some years. Maybe some of you could insist they send an assessor to your home. What they are doing now is decrying every doctors medical results. Using as blank page - ready to put 0 on it to save government money.

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Terris12

handbook very useful thanks you

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Shortnsweet54

very interesting and useful, many thanks xx

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