The critera for PIP is that movement only counts if you can do it: Repeatably, reliably, and safely taking no more than twice the time that an able bodied person would. https://pipinfo.net/issues/reliably 'Only once'. If you can't do something that an able bodied
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Woman (with ME/CFS) in wheelchair stripped of disability benefits because she can walk four steps in assessment
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/disabled-woman-wheelchair-assessment-pip-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-dwp-a9311266.html …
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person would do RRS once or more a day - and it is not possible to 'reasonably adapt' your behaviour - then by the rules you can't do it. This is unfortunately hard to prove. (Finally on a long-term award of high elements of PIP)
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I'm slightly confused why an assessor was at her home assessing her if she had already been awarded PIP? I'm not disagreeing that it's awful what this poor lady has had to go through and I honestly wish her well. I'm just trying to understand the system better
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Most people receiving PIP are awarded it for a set length if time, often 1- 3 years. About 6 months before the award runs out you start the process of assessment again. Despite no change or even deterioration, people can be reassessed as ineligible for any award.
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This is so bad, it's just really crazy logic. How does 4 steps then equal 200 metres... I'm not great at maths, but really now
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Same thing happened to me. Took it all the way to Tribunal and a rep from DWP turned up to say I should never have been refused in the first place and he had no objections to my appeal. DWP blocked my appeal at 3 different stages before the Tribunal though
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Outrageous.
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Crazy and only shows that they know nothing about ME as an ilness or the kind of disabilities it brings.
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Shocking behaviour, not many people realise the impact of walking 5 metres or 200 metres for an M.E. sufferer could cause significant flare-ups of the many physiological symptoms, with every exertion been an un-calculated risk. More needs to be done to educate
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