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I rang ATOS to see if they'd recieved my ESA50 a week after i'd sent it in.To which reply i got was we've sent your file back to the dwp i asked if they could tell me what group they had recommended...

Get well soon Paul.best wishes.

i had dragon naturally speaking,you have to train in for morning,afternoon and evening speech[your voice changes throughout the day.

I persevered for it at work for 6 months but it didn't like my...

when i got my award in Nov 13 the decisionmaker had written that because i could not use my upperlimbs without pain then i could not use a manual wheelchair therefore i qualified for ESA.
They are...

Has any-one else read about this in the papers.Now there is a petition to JeremyHunt to try and stop this happening.
I've signed it there are nearly already 1000 signatures.

It is not fair that...

I heard within a month the result ie i sent my form back on 14 Nov and by 14 Dec they had put me in the support group this was the change over from IB to ESA.

Well done freedomeagle,
I got the very same letter saying i was in the supportgroup with no end date, so i rang the dept and was told it was for two years.

Hello Kath,
if you input ESA support group descriptors into google it will highlight the descriptors [1st heading when the list comes up after pressing return.


You can decide then whether to...

I was reading about the CB support group yesterday and only saw that the ESA legislation was coming in for those recieving ESA wrag GROUP starting this Dec 3rd 2012.
tHE SUPPORT group is only...

I'M IN THE PROCESS OF FILLING MINE IN NOW.
i WAS BORN with cerebral palsy and hemiplegia.
Instead of just answering yes or no to the questions you must give further details with each answer to the...

My advise Titch would be to send the GL24[APPEAL FORM] off special delivery things have a habit of getting lost and it's enough going through an appeal an oral appeal is the best option as there is...

thank's for that Duncan i'd set my recorder up for channel 4 but hadn't noticed BBC2's programme.

Evey-one will be assessed on PIP through a medical andi'm one of the first to be done as they are starting in Tameside which I'm dreading.So as soon as i've been done i'll come back and tell you what...

hi Mikey,
I would give your consent as if you don't the DWP have rights to stop your benefit[ok I know they seem to anyway] but you are not complying with their wishes] but you would have a hard...

You don't have to have some-one with you to get DLA. I notice you still have some problems with walking,you have to consider at what point do you start having problems ie how far can you walk before...

well today i went to the disabled persons toilet, i have hidden disabilities and well as a weak side which is obvious to most people.

I do try and used the able bodied loos when i can but this...

I am sorry you are worrying even before you'vechanged to ESA. If you haven't got any savings and qualify for ESA you could get the income related part which as long as you meet the criteria is not...

and are appealing because the renewal claim was not the decision you thought it should be then you do not get any ESA at assessment rate if you were on the contributary part [the 12 month limit]...

Have you tried putting a spot of baby shampoo in a cup of warm water mixing it together and applying a cottonbud to your eye lashes for a few seconds,that's what my optician advised me to do.This is...

I enjoy reading and doing family history been doing it 27 years now[before it was on the internet]

I used to post on the old site and have been trying to remember the lady who used to post in chat a lot she was in a wheelchair but was always smiling. Am off to bed in a minute,having friends round...

It would be nice if you stayed,don't let any-one put you off,you have said some supportive things on here to others and are one of the regul;ars.All the best whatever you do.

good luck with yours too freedomeagle.
LET ME KNOW HOW THINGS GO.I will appeal if they don't put me in the support group as i definitely fit one of the criteria.
Pam

Thanks for your support davewhit you've got it in a nutshell and yes i never saw even 16k, I worked hard and considered that i gave the right advise and poiinted the customers in the right direction...

Sorry Stephen did you mean exactly what you said about ogres, because until a few years ago I worked for the Benefits dept.It's with the recent changes to which I am not familiar reason why I was...