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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
As silly as that sounds, it is how the DWP has been operating for a good few years now, they seriously have that mindset.
They will keep operating in such a way as it gains a net expenditure drop from the practice as not everyone will appeal.
They justify it by saying its about "what people can do" instead of "what they cannot do", however I have met no employers who agree with that policy (when considering someone for a new job).
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I agree there is people in wheelchairs who do work, but the vast majority of them were already employed when they became disabled, keeping a job is very different to trying to get one.
You can get 15 points for a wheelchair, but the wheelchair itself actually is now disregarded by the ESA assessors, they consider that if you have a wheelchair then you are "mobile".
What is even worse is that people without wheelchairs they can "pretend" they have one and as such are mobile.
To get 15 points with a wheelchair would be e.g. if you cannot self propel the wheelchair, in which case you should get 15 points.
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The problem with the mobility descriptor is that the activities of mobilizing and going up/down stairs are combined. So while a claimant may be judged capable of mobilizing with a manual wheelchair, the 2nd question also needs to be asked of can they walk up/down 2 steps. I should imagine that is where the original confusion arose.