Post #137 - Nil Points Pour Le PIP

Regular readers, if there are indeed any, may recall that I recently attended a face-to-face assessment for PIP as described in an earlier post: https://faspie.blogspot.com/2018/06/giving-me-pip.html

Right, so yesterday the DWP 'buff A5 letter of doom' plopped into the Logics' porch, I slit it open and it was a bit fat no.  Considering that I scored an amazing 2 points (yes, 2!) during PIP attempt #1 this was a double shock.  Nothing, nada.

So ... I'm currently drafting my Mandatory Reconsideration Notice.  I'm pretty annoyed, so it's full of vitriol, here's an extract:

"I told the Assessor that I have panic attacks when eating either in or out of the home; he stated that he had a nursing background, but didn’t seem to understand what ‘acid reflux’ was and called it ‘acid reflex’.  I have no idea how this man managed to pass the requisite examinations to qualify as a medical professional."

Post #134 - Giving Me The PIP

Yep readers, it's PIP time again.  Just in case I didn't write about what happened with PIP attempt #1, well, let's just say that it went all the way through to Tribunal and failed.  The lead Judge on the panel said to me, and I quote "you've got to understand who this benefit is aimed at?" As I was in bits at the time and as a claimant, you're not supposed to answer the panel back I merely replied "I plan to re-apply", but in retrospect, that's no way to treat a person.  Did she really think that I was tying to craftily eke some cash out of the Government?  Was I not worthy?  Anyway, me being me, I wrote a letter of complaint about her attitude and fired off a letter of complaint to these people, namely the Judicial Conduct Investigations Board: https://judicialconduct.judiciary.gov.uk/, but that was back in April and despite chasing it up recently, my query hasn't even been acknowledged, let alone dealt with.

*Update* - I got pushed from pillar to post, but I finally heard back from the Head Judge or whatever he's called.  The complaint is very much in the process of being resolved.  

I re-applied with the assistance of the experienced chair from my local adult autism charity, and await tomorrow's fun.  I squared it with the DWP to use a taxi and apply for a refund afterwards.  I know that this sounds a bit over-the-top, but I don't and can no longer drive due to my failing eyesight and extreme anxiety, plus the bus goes from a London Borough into Kent and I tend to avoid travelling to that town because it has a one-way system and, oh, considering how stressed I got last time I travelled solo on public transport (please see https://faspie.blogspot.com/2018/05/trains-planes-and-automobiles.html for further deets) it's something I cannot deal with prior to a stressful event such as explaining to an ATOS assessor how bloody useless my autism makes me feel.

Post #123 - I've Looked At Your Claim And Decided I Can't Award You Personal Independence Payment

I received a letter from DWP in this morning's post stating that I have been declined any form of support in regard to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which is bloody galling.  I am now online to draft my 'Mandatory Reconsideration Notice'.  If nothing else, I really want to highlight the issue that Atos assessors have very little knowledge of autism and the associated mental health issues.