PIP part 6

[sammason]

As you know I (a UK citizen) am in the process of claiming the crip benefit called the Personal Independence Payment (PIP). ( cut for words about money )

Comments

[mrs_ralph]

I found it very hard NOT to gloss over how hard it is and make out I am coping better than I am. Laying it out like it is was pretty depressing and I cried a lot after filling out the forms.

[sammason]

I understand s about the crying, sure many people in the comm understand too. For me though, the pain of applying for PIP isn't making me cry. It makes me swear loudly and make choices about how to act.

[sammason]

Thank you for chiming into the thread. I'm biting the bullet as I declare hard disability makes my life.

The UI MS Soc's advice about PIP adds to my opinion that my disability is a privileged one. I'm even being invited to contribute (on an unpaid basis) to a report about how helpful is the helpline.

[dimity_blue]

I agree. I find it emotionally difficult to focus on how hard my life is due to my illness. Healthy people really don't see the worst of it.

The DWP could really do with hiring some chronically ill people to assess those forms.

[sammason]

Indeed they could. You? In de course I'll send the link to this thread to whoever may want to see it, but right now my deadline for the PIP form looms.

The DWP's words introducing the form say that everything's being done to make it accessible. If I'd wanted the form in large print or in braille, I could've got that. I saw mention that I could have the form as an email if the paper copy didn't suit me. Bingo! said I. But after one phone call (made by my loyal lady who's able to do such things), I know that there's no option to fill in the PIP form online. 'Security reasons'. So I'm back to asking my loyal lady to write for me with a pen.