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<blockquote data-quote="New2T1D" data-source="post: 1478345" data-attributes="member: 406824"><p>I applied on behalf of my son. Diagnosed T1D a week before 16th birthday (rubbish timing) 6 months ago. The process involved an interview that was horrendous. The lady (I use the term loosely) who interviewed him was French and had quite poor English (unusually). If her grasp of English was bad, her listening skills were worse: she had clearly made up her mind that he wasn't getting this allowance before we even walked in the door. She had little knowledge of T1D, evidenced by her ignorant attempts to put words in his mouth: "So your life is not different to before" and "You have low sugars maybe once a month or maybe once every two months" (haha!) "You don't have to take medicines." She asked to see his prescription for insulins - which we didn't have with us, as we weren't asked to bring it. I clearly stated that he took two types of insulin. "So you inject every day or every week?" ARGH. My son left close to tears and really cross with me for putting him through this. I'd never advise anyone to put a child through an interview like that. Not worth any amount of money (!) I'm so pleased though to see that someone has managed to get PIP - well done to you for your resilience and perseverance. If it was me personally, I'd probably have pushed on - and complained when I received the report, which described a meeting that just didn't happen that way. But I let it go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="New2T1D, post: 1478345, member: 406824"] I applied on behalf of my son. Diagnosed T1D a week before 16th birthday (rubbish timing) 6 months ago. The process involved an interview that was horrendous. The lady (I use the term loosely) who interviewed him was French and had quite poor English (unusually). If her grasp of English was bad, her listening skills were worse: she had clearly made up her mind that he wasn't getting this allowance before we even walked in the door. She had little knowledge of T1D, evidenced by her ignorant attempts to put words in his mouth: "So your life is not different to before" and "You have low sugars maybe once a month or maybe once every two months" (haha!) "You don't have to take medicines." She asked to see his prescription for insulins - which we didn't have with us, as we weren't asked to bring it. I clearly stated that he took two types of insulin. "So you inject every day or every week?" ARGH. My son left close to tears and really cross with me for putting him through this. I'd never advise anyone to put a child through an interview like that. Not worth any amount of money (!) I'm so pleased though to see that someone has managed to get PIP - well done to you for your resilience and perseverance. If it was me personally, I'd probably have pushed on - and complained when I received the report, which described a meeting that just didn't happen that way. But I let it go. [/QUOTE]
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