ASD enough to recieve disibility in EU?

[OrdinaryCitizen]

Is being diagnosed with ASD enough to recieve full disibility in European Union?

 

[Judge]

I don't believe one can fairly ask such a question given the differences between one EU state and another when it comes to issues like disability rights for autistic people. That one must address such an issue based on each nation individually speaking, apart from people being diagnosed individually as well.

And then to consider whatever diagnostic process they use isn't likely so simple in reflecting a positive diagnosis for autism immediately translating into full disability benefits.

"Policy-making across Europe in the field of education has been changing through the years in favour of autistic people. Today their rights are noticed and considered, but there is still room for improvement. Results showed that approaches and policies vastly differ between countries, more Member States should be analysed in a similar manner to gain a broader and clearer view with a special focus on disability rights in Central and Eastern Europe."

Autism and the right to education in the EU: Policy mapping and scoping review of the United Kingdom, France, Poland and Spain

 

[Streetwise]

Is being diagnosed with ASD enough to recieve full disibility in European Union?

in the UK it’s based upon if you could be endangered by your disability and the comorbid conditions you have ,if you can recognise danger that will take points off, Some citizens of the United Kingdom are trying to get the law changed regarding mental illness ,autism spectrum disorder is usually included in that ,one past claimant of employment and support allowance starved to death , so autism isn’t a guarantee in the UK it’s also not the guarantee for other life-threatening conditions .

 

[Streetwise]

Is being diagnosed with ASD enough to recieve full disibility in European Union?

I know from a member in France Who has been given disability !but she also has agoraphobia and social anxiety ,it helped that her husband accompanied her and insisted that she was given help ,it’s a good idea to have somebody help you .

 

[Bolletje]

In the Netherlands it isn’t. You’re evaluated on a personal basis and after that they decide whether you’re eligible for disability, whether partial or not. A lot of people are seen fit to do some form of paying work, so disability isn’t awarded. When the autism is accompanied by an intellectual disability the chance of receiving disability is higher, but the focus is still on trying to find a way to incorporate the individual into working society in a meaningful way.
If the autism and/or intellectual disability is such that a person has never been able to go to school, work a paying job or care for themselves, the chance of disability is the highest, for obvious reasons.

 

[Streetwise]

You need a very astute!!!person!to help you

 

[Autistamatic]

I know quite a lot of European autistics through Twitter and the answer is no. Right across Europe (and most of the world for that matter) disability benefits are assigned based on the limitations to one's life, not by the condition. Every potentially disabling difference or condition affects each individual differently.
Autism without co occuring conditions such as severe epilepsy (multiple daily seizures) or intellectual disabilities is very unlikely to get you even close to the threshold for receiving disability benefits. Of the many UK autistics I know who don't work, I don't think one of them receives disability benefits for autism alone.

 

[OrdinaryCitizen]

You need a very astute!!!person!to help you

I am pretty smart myself really.

So your friend in france is she getting full dissibility now how much is that?

 

[Streetwise]

I am pretty smart myself really.

So your friend in france is she getting full dissibility now how much is that?

I have no idea I think it’s about €800 a month ,I’m not certain of that figure!? to get full disability, I think you have to be very seriously disabled, in the category of being terminally ill, before that it’s measured in how much or how little you can do.

 

[Streetwise]

I am pretty smart myself really.

So your friend in france is she getting full dissibility now how much is that?

Can you tell me if you were interviewed to decide how much you were disabled what you should concentrate on ?Would it be anxiety ?would it be autism? or would it be something else?How confident would you be at the interview ,would you be a babbling wreck or would you be slightly catatonic, or would you have verbal diarrhoea ? ask yourself this question how far can you walk every day ,can you recognise the danger of a car approaching you on the road ?

 

[OrdinaryCitizen]

Can you tell me if you were interviewed to decide how much you were disabled what you should concentrate on ?Would it be anxiety ?would it be autism? or would it be something else?How confident would you be at the interview ,would you be a babbling wreck or would you be slightly catatonic, or would you have verbal diarrhoea ? ask yourself this question how far can you walk every day ,can you recognise the danger of a car approaching you on the road ?

Dont have an option to hire representative where i live and there is no free assistance, so i am pretty much have to do it myself, i read the law regarding disibility and know how they evaluate and building my case now.

Wish i could turn on "verbal diarrhoea" when i need to because i had it for half of my life due to aphasia, however now i have learned to talk and everyone assumes i am "normal".

In my country eastern europe as of few years ago you have to show "inability to perform work" not just disibility, and we have only two groups "partially unemployable" ~200 euro and "fully unemployable" ~400 euro and you really have to be terminally ill or have serious mental illness to receive full benefit.
Its handled electronically rarely with interviews, doctor submits the report and you get evaluated by labor agency specialist.

If you have Social Phobia (anxiety) they can simply say - you can work as night watchman or in a wearhouse where you will not be surrounded by people.

 

[OrdinaryCitizen]

Assess the presence or absence of limitations in the following areas of physical and mental ability and key activities:
1) "movement" means movement on different planes, safe movement, standing and sitting, other restrictions on movement;
2) "manual action" means the extension of hands, the lifting and moving of things, the dexterity, other restrictions on manual action;
3) communication - seeing, hearing and speaking, interacting with other people, other restrictions on communication;
4) consciousness and self-care - staying awake, controlling the intestine and bladder, eating and drinking, other limitations on staying conscious and self-care;
5) learning and carrying out activities - learning activities, starting and finishing activities, other restrictions on learning and carrying out activities;
6) adapting to change and perceiving threat - going out, threat perception, coping with change, other limitations to adapting to change and perceiving threat;
7) interpersonal communication and relationships - coping with social situations, appropriate behavior, other restrictions on interpersonal communication and relationships.