Benefit Cheats (ADHD)
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Yeah, part of that can be down to showing off to his peers/others.
good luck with that I know its extremely hard to get a child looked at by anyone.
I'm autistic and never got diagnosed until I was an adult , my life would have been so much easier if It would have been picked up on from my teachers like it should have.
All the ASD stuff around is for children as well very few people are able to diagnose adults and it took me around a year to get seen by a clinical psychologist and a nurse consultant.
at the end one of them said we have to go out of the room and discuss it between us but for me my mind is already made up.
I broke down in tears when I was told because it was such a massive relief finally knowing.
My 8year old son is pretty disruptive at school sometimes but very bright and we are trying to get him looked at to see if there could be a reason for it.
he needs to know what's happening at all times and any change in routine will set him in a bad mood for hours where he wont talk to anyone and he struggles to join in with the rest of the class.
hes already had someone secretly monitor him at school on two ocassions and hes been seeing someone at school once a week which has really helped him improve his behaviour.
most people caught early enough and taught coping mechanisms from a young age can learn to adjust and live a normal happy life which is what most parents want.
anyone trying to get their kid labelled for the money will discover its not as easy as people on this forum would like to believe
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These silly made up conditions really rile me. Nobody can just be socially obtuse any more, or poorly raised by their parents.
It always has to be a condition of some sort.
Before anyone goes hysterical, ask yourself why 20% of UK School children are classified as special needs.
Its pathetic.
I have to agree with others its not a disability, however there are some mental illnesses I would class as a disability (e.g. Autism). Autism can stop you doing what you want, and in the worst cases make you house bound.
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Aspergers or autism? Or are you going to make up another condition in your next post?
Do you understand what either is?
Because I don't think you do. Aspergers is on the autistic spectrum. Therefore, saying I have Autism is just as correct as saying I have Aspergers.
Don't let that get in the way of your obvious ignorance however.
I tend to agree some of them are possibly made up but others such as autism are very real and it can even be detected from brain scans.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10929032
no its not the same at all.
there are five disorders that make up the autistic spectrum.
autism and aspergers are two different things although share some of the same traits.
you are either one or the other, even low level autism is considered much worse than a severe aspergers sufferer
What would be correct is saying you have ASD an autistic spectrum disorder
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I never said ADHD isn't a real illness, I just don't think it makes such a difference to someones life to class it as a disability, whereas many other mental illnesses do, and people who have these others could do with a little bit more of help, which as far as I see, they don't get because money is being wasted on things like this, instead of improving our NHS which has been in the media's eye recently.
Do you work for ATOS by any chance?
Click my profile...
hes 16 and clearly not informed enough to have a discussion about mental illness or mental disabilities
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My best mate has got two lads who to the untrained eye are normal but one has slight 'behavioral problems' and the other has slight dispraxia but the amount of benefits they get is frightening. I have no idea of the amount but they have full Virgin package with 100mb broadband and Tivo up & downstairs, 2 x S3 phones on £30 contracts, nice big people carrier and never go without. Last night he announced that he'd bought 3 x Nexus 7's for the kids (he also as a daughter). He does have a full time job so isn't a 'scrounger'.
DLA rates are
I think you can swap high mobility for a car
BTW DLA isn't a means tested benefit so you get it whether you work or not and its not counted as an income for tax purposes
Sounds like he just lives in reality tbh
Sounds like me when I was young (always wanted to say that ^^), just thought id tell you as not many specialists even know this but the are certain artificial food colourings/flavourings/preservatives that are known to greatly amplify the effects of ADHD so you may want to avoid giving him any of those, thanks to the surge of people demanding organic/natural food its not as big an issue now as it was in the 80's/90's when everything had E numbers in it but a lot of cheaper products still carry them.
From memory the worst offenders were the preservative Sodium Benzoate (E211) and colourings like quiniline yellow, sunset yellow and brilliant blue (can't remember the numbers for these im afraid, think one is E104). In my case they could turn a pretty unruly child into a violet fearless remorseless wrecking machine capable of almost matching strength with much larger children and small adults (most people will appear to gain extra strength when their pain threshold is raised or removed).
Now you're just using stereotypes...
I have been through so many tests and consultations with Doctors and friends (seeing doctors) to know more about some mental illnesses than your average GP.
You really are closed minded if you judge someone by their age.
You've made yourself look a noob with your ignorant posts.
It then transpires you are 16.
Nobody is surprised.
you are 16...
it takes what 9 years to even be qualified enough to be a gp ?
lol..... I'm sure the average GP has seen far fewer people with mental illness or mental disabilities .....
It's not like a GP has to refer any of them to a specialist they obviously know nothing
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