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    cereal bars?????

    Nature Valley Granola Bars are good. They come in a green box and my son finds them the best for long acting carbs and a quick burst of energy too. He also keeps flapjack in his bag too to have before or after PE. That is usually on BOGOF in the supermarket and although I do make it, it's a...
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    DLA for your child

    I totally agree Katherine which leads me to think it's all about HOW you fill out the forms. Having been told by several other parents that DLA is not available post 16 for diabetes I fail to see that if I filled the form out as I did last year that they could say he didn't need support. He...
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    DLA for your child

    Thanks for that Katherine. And rightly so too. Did you complete the forms yourself or have help from Steven's diabetes team?
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    DLA for your child

    I think it's important that everyone knows this is an entitlement and also that if you are in receipt of Working Tax Credit this also adds a Disabled Child Element to your payments too, so another £2540 per year although on your allowance. However, I'd be really interested to hear of anyones...