You can search for local benefits advisers by using the Turn2Us find an adviser tool. If more evidence is needed, they may write to your GP or hospital consultant. However, there is no guarantee they will do this so it can be a good idea to try and gather some supportive evidence yourself and send it to them.
You should normally get a decision within three months. If your child is refused DLA or awarded it at a lower rate than you expected, you may wish to challenge that decision. Firstly you can ask for a decision to be looked at again. You must normally ask for this within one month of the date of the decision you are challenging, although late requests will sometimes be accepted. If you are still not happy with the outcome of the mandatory reconsideration, you can request an appeal.
You must do this in writing using an appeal form a different form is used in Northern Ireland. You must normally do this within one month of the date on your mandatory reconsideration decision, although late appeals will sometimes be accepted.
Find out more about mandatory reconsiderations and appeals. Instead, getting DLA can lead to an increase in other benefits you receive or help you qualify for entitlements for the first time.
Even if you get DLA for your child already, you may find that getting an increased rate will lead to something else. If your child gets the middle or the highest rate of the DLA care component, you might start to be treated as a carer under the benefits system. Or, if you are getting Universal Credit , you can become exempt from having to take any steps to look for any work as condition of your claim.
You should get extra tax credits payments backdated in line with the DLA award. For families still getting payments for their children in their Income Support, getting DLA will lead to extra money being added to your Income Support, known as a disabled child premium and an enhanced disability premium if your child is awarded the highest rate of the care component.
If your child gets Income Support in their own right, then an award of DLA can lead to an increase in their benefit. If you get Housing Benefit or support with council tax , then getting DLA for your child may lead to extra benefit if you are not already getting your rent and council tax met in full.
If your disabled child cannot share a bedroom and because of this your Housing Benefit is reduced under the bedroom tax or local housing allowance rules, getting DLA care component at the middle or highest rate for them may help you get more Housing Benefit. Call our freephone helpline for further advice. Both Housing Benefit and support with council tax are means-tested, and any award will depend on your income and circumstances.
Help with road tax. If your child is awarded the highest rate of DLA mobility component, you may be exempt from paying Vehicle Excise Duty.
Claimants are usually told about this when they are notified about the award of higher rate DLA mobility component.
All local authorities operate schemes for disabled people of any age to apply for a bus pass or voucher for free bus travel. In some areas, an essential, named carer accompanying the disabled person is also entitled to free travel. If you live in England and have a two-year-old who is awarded DLA, this should mean that they qualify for 15 hours a week free early years education and childcare.
See www. If your child already gets Disability Living Allowance DLA but their circumstances have changed and they now need more help, it may be possible to get their award increased.
Any decision including a tribunal decision can be superseded by a decision maker. If you are not happy with the outcome of a supersession you have the right to ask for a reconsideration and an appeal against that new decision in the usual way. If your child is aged 16 or above, reporting a change of circumstances that may affect their DLA award will lead to them coming off DLA and being assessed under the Personal Independence Payment rules instead.
If you have an existing award of DLA and you ask for it to be looked at again, there is a risk your award could go down rather than up.
Our helpline can put you in touch with your local service: The mobility component continues to be paid. You can find out more information about these rules in our factsheet on Benefits if your child is in residential accommodation.
DLA also used to be affected by stays in hospital, but the DLA hospital rules have now been scrapped for children aged under So long as your child was under 18 when they entered hospital, they can claim and be paid DLA as normal despite the fact that they are an in-patient. Read more information about DLA and children in hospital. In this article What is DLA? Can my child get DLA? Read more about claiming DLA for babies. Other common situations where a baby is likely to qualify include: Babies with severe visual or hearing impairments.
Those who have seizures. Those with renal failure. Babies with severe multiple disabilities. You can use Relay UK with an app or a textphone. You can find out how to use video relay on YouTube. You can download an application form from GOV. Depending on your child's condition, you might want to keep a diary for longer than a week - for example if you child's condition usually affects them 1 week a month. We've made a DLA diary that you can print out and use [ 99 kb] - it covers 7 days and gives you tips on what to write down.
The diary can really help you when you fill in the form. You can also send it with the form as evidence if you like.
There are specific things that the DWP will be looking for when they make a decision on your claim - so it's important that you fill in the form as best you can. We recommend that you read our advice on filling in the DLA form to have the best chance of success. This will be useful in case you need to refer to it later, for example if you need to reapply for DLA after a few years. Your child will keep getting DLA until they have a medical assessment.
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