Separation Anxiety Disorder and Personal Independence Payment

Through my MP I have corresponded with the (various) Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions, concerning the omission from Personal Independence Payment legislation and guidance of Separation Anxiety Disorder Disablement. After a year of many letters and responses the conclusion reached is as follows; The HM Court Service Tribunal claim that SAD is not obviously covered by the legislation; meaning an award of PIP in normal circumstances may not be made using the Planning and following journeys activity. The DWP claim that claimants with SAD might be awarded descriptors using the Planning and following journeys activity. The DWP fail to and continue to refuse to confirm that claimants with SAD will be awarded descriptors using the Planning and following journeys activity. More alarmingly The DWP refuse to provide an illustration on how claimants with differing degrees of SAD will map to the Planning and following journeys activity descriptors. This despite that in their publ...

Separation Anxiety Disorder and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) – “The missing unsupported are getting Sadder?” Dear Reader, Reference:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_anxiety_disorder You will note from both these following references; https://www.anxietybc.com/adults/separation-anxiety https://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/separation-anxiety That in 2013 numerous changes were made to  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders  ( DSM–5 ), a classification of mental disorders used by medical and psychiatric professionals in many areas of the world. One of these changes was the inclusion of adults in struggling with a condition previously assumed only to effect children and adolescents - Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD). In the context of PIP you will also note from the above references the following implications for independent life of a SAD; Lack of independence in a variety of domains (e.g. taking tri...