mike shermer
Welfare Benefits Officer, Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council, Kings l
Member since 23rd Jan 2004
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RE: Higher Rate Mobility -child with autism and ADHD
Wed 24-Aug-05 12:39 PM |
With ADHD children, it is often the case that a school report will come back in the way you describe -if the child is on medication - particularly slow release Concerta, then the school gets the benefit - the mother gets the child back in the afternoon as the medication is beginning to wear off.
With both Autistic and ADHD children, the notion of Severe mental impairment does not sit well at all and you'll have a job convincing a Chairman otherwise - more often than not these children have a slightly higher IQ than normal children. ADHD children are certainly not severely mentally impaired. Where Autism is concerned, it depends to what degree they are affected: but there again, I have met Autistic children who are very bright. Behavioural problems - the child's behaviour at school (or at home) can't really have any bearing on HRMC - if they were disruptive, then that behaviour will serve to reinforce the entitlement to the Care Component.
Mobility component is , after all, payable normally where the claimant has mobility problems, and cannot physically walk any distance. It's because of the supervision these children require outdoors to avoid risk to themselves or others, that they can normally get low mobility.
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