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If your child gets DLA higher rate mobility or PIP enhanced mobility, you can lease a car with insurance, tax, and servicing included. Who qualifies, what's included, and the reassessment risk at 16.
DLA for children is paid at three care rates and two mobility rates. Here's the level of need each rate reflects, the age limits, and what an award can bring.
Dyspraxia, hypermobility, ARFID and Tourette's don't have a box on the DLA form. DLA is assessed on care and supervision needs, not the diagnosis label.
A diagnosis alone is not the DLA test. This guide shows how cerebral palsy and other physical needs map to the care and mobility components, and how to evidence them.
Reporting a change to your child's DLA is a legal duty. This guide covers changes, renewals, backdating, decision times, the qualifying period, and what DLA opens up.
PIP for autism or ADHD is possible at 16, but a diagnosis alone isn't the test. What the points measure, and what changes when your child turns 16.
860,000 children were receiving Disability Living Allowance in August 2025, and the number has roughly doubled in a decade. Here is what the official data shows about who gets it and what it pays.
A child with ADHD can qualify for DLA, and it turns on the supervision and prompting they need, not the diagnosis. How the care and mobility tests work, and how to describe ADHD on the form.
Autistic children can qualify for DLA, and it turns on the help they need, not the diagnosis. How the care and mobility tests work, and how to describe autistic needs on the form.
Nobody hands you a list of what you can claim for a disabled child. Build your own personal benefits sweep with the free SEND Parents Help assistant.
The brown envelope says no, and the anger is real. Channel it into a focused reconsideration letter with help from a free AI assistant.
The DLA form asks you to catalogue your child's hardest days across 40 pages. Work through it, page by page, with the free SEND Parents Help assistant.
DLA, Carer's Allowance, and Universal Credit rates all changed on 6 April 2026. Here are the new figures that matter for SEND families.
DLA stops and PIP starts around age 16. The assessment is different, the criteria change, and many families lose money. What to do to protect the award.
DLA is based on needs. EHCPs are based on needs. School support is based on needs. You can access all of these right now.
If your child gets DLA middle or higher rate care, you could be entitled to Carer's Allowance. Most eligible parents don't claim it.
Around 60% of DLA cases that reach tribunal are decided in the family's favour. Here's what to do next.
The DLA form is long and the criteria feel vague. This guide walks you through every step, from eligibility to evidence to what happens after you apply.
