You donโt need a formal diagnosis to apply for PIP โ itโs about how your condition affects you day to day.
So don't be put off if you're struggling to get an official diagnosis or you're on a waiting list, as long as you can document and prove your daily living issues!
@KShabby16334956 It helps but isn't necessary, it would be more helpful if they actually cared about official diagnosis and understood what that meant.
I'm disabled but I still work 5 days a week. Then I spend most of my weekend sleeping just to be able to function for the next week.
Over and over. On repeat.
Being autistic can mean constantly performing just to get by - masking so well that people miss the real me.
I'm visible, but not truly seen. And being misunderstood over and over can feel lonelier than being alone.
A PIP process that exhausts, retraumatises, and harms disabled people is not fit for purpose.
I know people who's lives have been ruined by having been run through the DWP mill over and over again.
Being able to do something once doesnโt mean being able to do it reliably, safely, repeatedly, and on time.
Thatโs what the PIP process should assess more accurately.