It depends on your laws. Consult your doctor, licencing office or social
securty department.

Mary

Contact your local epilepsy foundation for more info wherever you are
located.

Yes, you should try.  You may not be awarded it but if you don't apply, you
won't get it.  Also apply for Incapacity Benefit.  If you have a partner,
then get her to apply for Carer's Allowance.  That alone is worth £44 per
week.

When applying for DLA make out the worst case scenario throughout.  They
are loooooooooooong forms, 2 of them and one of them is 26 pages.  A lot of
the questions are nonsensical but they have to cover a wide range of
disabilities.  Don't give up on the forms though.

Also go to your local Citizens Advice Bureau and they will tell you what
other benefits you can claim.  They may also help you complete the forms as
well.

My son is 11 and gets DLA because he's autistic, epileptic and has left
side hemiplegia.  He needs 24/7 care.

My daughter is 9 and qualified for DLA because she was asthmatic and
epileptic.  She's been undiagnosed from both now :))

My husband gets DLA because he has arthritis of the spine and is an MRSA
positive amputee.

HTH and good luck

Yes, you should try.  You may not be awarded it but if you don't apply, you
won't get it.  Also apply for Incapacity Benefit.  Get your lady to apply
for Carer's Allowance.  That alone is worth £44 per week.

When applying for DLA make out the worst case scenario throughout.  They
are loooooooooooong forms, 2 of them and one of them is 26 pages.  A lot of
the questions are nonsensical but they have to cover a wide range of
disabilities.  Don't give up on the forms though.

Also go to your local Citizens Advice Bureau and they will tell you what
other benefits you can claim.  They may also help you complete the forms as
well.

My son is 11 and gets DLA because he's autistic, epileptic and has left
side hemiplegia.  He needs 24/7 care.

My daughter is 9 and qualified for DLA because she was asthmatic and
epileptic.  She's been undiagnosed from both now :))

My husband gets DLA because he has arthritis of the spine and is an MRSA
positive amputee.

HTH and good luck

Hi Reg,

Unfortunately you will know that the C.A.B is short of volunteers, and if
you put all your faith in their hands I hope you get seen by someone who
'HAS' filled many DLA forms out before.

I went to the C.A.B to get someone to help me fill out part 2 of the forms,
and can still envisage me sat there now thinking I could have done better
myself than that {*}. Every question was answered like this, 'because I have
epilepsy..........'. It took only three weeks to receive the refusal letter,
and then it meant going to a tribunal. And it was all due to the shabby way
the questions were answered, without any thought and the person not really
knowing anything about epilepsy when they filled up my form; and not even
asking me how it [& other condition] affected me other than a couple of
times.

SO...how to avoid this happening. Simple...do your own homework, and on
separate sheets of paper write down answers to the questions [where
relevant] on how epilepsy [and other conditions{**} affect the way you carry
out tasks. Then when you go along to the advice centre, it saves much time
and gives the advisor a guidance into your particular condition [no one
person has the same affect to differing ailments] and answers the question
specifically to you.

And I will echo Charani in saying this, ALWAYS make it the worst case
scenario. This is going to sound terrible I know, but if you after a seizure
feel only 5 out of 10; then make it 2.5 out of 10 on the form. Get it?

Good luck Reg,

SJD

* When i went back to C.A.B for the tribunal I realised the person helping
me was new, and also I had to take some responsibility for the Faux Pas the
first time around. And in no way wish anyone to think the C.A.B are like
this 100%, they do a good job and don't get paid for doing it...I salute you
people and thank you.

** I have another condition other than epilepsy, and it is only when the two
are together that I qualify for DLA. Does anyone know if DLA is awarded to
epilepsy on its own, as a friend from the past was rejected when they
applied with epilepsy on its own.