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Qtx · 12-06-2014, 23:09

Someone with cerebral palsy could function pretty close to someone without it while another person with palsy could be completely dependant on a carer. The same could be said for things like aspergers. If you suffered from aspie symptoms but had no formal diagnosis, I would expect it would be hard to claim even though it should be based on symptoms rather than the name of the disability. A gp might not pick up on someone with aspergers unless it's one of the obvious cases. That's if the person actually goes to the gp. Some people have hardly ever been to see their gp. Some depressed people might not bother too. So there would be no GP records about these kind of people, so nothing to back them up if they say they have a mental disability and try to claim for it.

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Qtx CF's Worst Nightmare Join Date: May 2012 Location: Probably outside the M25 Services: Sky Fibre Unlimited 40/10 Posts: 3,473	Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged. Someone with cerebral palsy could function pretty close to someone without it while another person with palsy could be completely dependant on a carer. The same could be said for things like aspergers. If you suffered from aspie symptoms but had no formal diagnosis, I would expect it would be hard to claim even though it should be based on symptoms rather than the name of the disability. A gp might not pick up on someone with aspergers unless it's one of the obvious cases. That's if the person actually goes to the gp. Some people have hardly ever been to see their gp. Some depressed people might not bother too. So there would be no GP records about these kind of people, so nothing to back them up if they say they have a mental disability and try to claim for it.