Corinne,
I would have gone to bed at 7pm and then kept getting up to see to him
In regards to filling in the forms online i would be delighted to assist you if you require any assistance on any of it.
With many DLA cases its sometimes a case of the right words being used to describe conditions in a more detailed way.

For example a parent may right:

My son goes to bed at 12 and i wake a few times.

Whereas wording this with information such as:

We go to bed at around 7pm and my son will take several hours to go to sleep during this time he will be in a state of distress and requires attention for several hours.
The attention my son requires to enable him to sleep and be settled includes:
1)Restraining to prevent harm to himself and others.
2)List further details

By doing this you are detailing a full profile of your child and it makes the application easier for the person reading it and gives a very clear picture.

Liv,
In regards to the nightcare im not sure 3 nights would be enough to qualify but i shall check the caselaw for this and come back to you

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Our Irish members can also use our new website for Ireland which is

I am finding these questions soo difficult , like this one "Does the child need help being understood by other ppl" , he does but i just find it hard to word this , and i feel like alot of the questions are kinda the same , i have mentioned abotu 10times soo far in other questions about his lack of speech and his poor concentration and focus and how this affects having a chat with him or him listening. I have spent 2 days trying to fill this in now and am only onto this question. i offen wish you just had to answer a few basic questions and then they came round your house and had a face to face chat cos i find it alot easier to explain everything to someone when they are here and also they could meet him!


Grrrrr i shall struggle on xx

Tell me about his understanding needs and the background and lets see if we can whistle something up

are you still trying to fill it in online?? if its a question thats being repeated just copy and paste the previous answer and just swap the sentences around a bit feels sometimes they do it like that to get you to give up just remember it doesnt feel like you have read the same question 10 times its that you HAVE read the same question 10 times just worded differently (glad now matt couldnt talk at all when first filled em in lol)

corinne

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ok that was going to be my second suggestion : shout DANIEL HELP loudly lol
(This post was last modified: 02-10-2010 10:36 PM by corinne.)

Let us know if you need any assistance and ill do all i can!