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Originally Posted by rogermevans
you know not what you are talking about i suggest rather that taking the word of any one you sit down with out help and try and fill one in
the forms are designed to make it hard often hiding the fact that question don't all have to be answered and that some questions are not what they seem to be.
and you point of your knowledgeable wife is the point we make the forms shouldn't be stopping people getting DLA they should be helping them get the help not putting something else they need to learn how to do like a civil servant to get what they are entitled to and NEED
just for example the how far can you walk question which implies you have to tell them and doesn't explain that any distance after you get pain is not suposed to be counted or in my case doesn't apply as as soon as i am having an attack i cant walk
i have had a very knowledgeable civil servant turn up to tell me that i should still put a figure to who i politely told to go away  quoting the relevant legislation on the walking test 
the forms are hard especial for those doing them the first time and those who are not used to civil servant gobbledy gook |
I certainly do know what I'm talking about, and I'd appreciate it if you didn't take that tone, ta muchly. For the record, I have seen these forms and, whilst I don't think that I would have a massive problem with filling them in, I'm in the fortunate postion where a) I don't have to, and b) if I did, my wife would be in a very good position to assist me.
The forms do not stop people from getting DLA - the people who decipher the information in the forms do that. As such, not answering the questions correctly is the biggest hindrance that people have. At no point did I say that you
have to have somebody help you; more that it is obviously of benefit to you if you can get advice from somebody who is trained in the correct areas.