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Disability Living Allowance (DLA) makes a big difference to the lives of thousands of people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) in Great Britain. It helps to cover the costs of the care they need, of getting around – or both.
Claiming the allowance, though, is not a simple process. A detailed self-assessment comes first and is often followed by a medical examination. It is crucial to get the right information across or there is the risk that the benefit may be denied. Conditions such as MS, for example, can fluctuate, with symptoms that come and go, which adds to the difficulty and distress felt by many people when attempting to make their claim for DLA.A new 40-page booklet from the MS Society is the most comprehensive step-by-step guide to the DLA ever written for people with MS. Launched in October 2005 the booklet explains who qualifies for DLA and gives page-by-page tips on how to fill in the claim form without missing important detail. It includes examples to show how keeping a diary can help with the assessment and describes what can be done if a claim is turned down.
Claiming Disability Living Allowances is the latest in the Society’s ‘MS Essentials’ series. For more information click here to visit their website; write to the Information Team at MS Society, MS National Centre, 372 Edgware Road, Staples Corner, London NW2 6ND or call one of the numbers shown below.
