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Originally Posted by nomadking
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.
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That descriptor was done away with purely as a means to have less people with mobility problems from qualifying a financial decision to hit a target, sadly mobility disability has been the most targeted by the last 2 governments on both ESA and PIP. You can still get 15 points, but it is harder.
e.g. in the past you could perhaps get 9 points for the walking distance, and then 6 points from difficulties walking up stairs. Now for mobility you need all 15 on the mobility descriptor.
Also in the past several years ago now, the assessment was excluding walking aids, not only is it now including mobility aids but if you dont have the aids they can pretend you have them if it means determining you are mobile enough.
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Originally Posted by nomadking
If they are mobile as a result of using crutches, what is the problem. They are mobile and that is what is being assessed.
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So lets say there is a fire in a tall building, you on the 30th floor and lift out of order, the guy with the crutches can get out as safely as the others? Also how does a person with crutches follow a simple work task which might be to carry a box across a room?