Exclude Vulnerable Severe & Enduring Mental Health Sufferers from DLA Assessments in 2013

Responsible department: Department for Work and Pensions

Exclude ALL Severe and Enduring Mental Health Sufferers from the DLA Assessments in 2013 for the following Mental Health conditions. This vulnerable group will be hugely disadvantaged and won't have a voice to represent themselves at the assessment, yet they can come across as well to a person who does not know them, many believe they are not ill, which disadvantages them further! Being forced to work when they can't cope will increase homelessness and suicides amongst our most vulnerable mentally ill due to loss of housing benefits and other benefits, it will push many over the edge!

Please exclude Complex Mental Health Conditions,(many suffer from a combination of all of these conditions below), including my own son!

Paranoid Schizophrenia
Dual Diagnosis
Personality Disorder

Please protect this extremely vulnerable client group who suffer from a lifelong unpredictable condition that will not get better as there is no cure, and even with ongoing treatment do relapse.