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Financial Support
Financial Support
This
section will help you find out the range of benefits, tax
credits and other disability-related financial support you
may be able to get. It is only a general guide
Clicking on the headings (below)
will open up our fact sheets with general information. Further
information and websites can be found at the bottom of each
fact sheet.
Disability and Sickness Benefits
Disability
Living Allowance (DLA) is a benefit you can get
if you need help getting around and/or looking after yourself
because you are ill, disabled or terminally ill. You can also
claim Disability Living Allowance for an ill or disabled child.
Attendance
Allowance (AA) is a tax-free benefit for people aged 65
or over who have an illness or disability and need help with
personal care. Attendance Allowance is not affected by savings
and it is not usually affected by any other money you have
coming in
Incapacity
Benefit (IB) - If you can't work because of illness
or disability you may be able to get Incapacity Benefit.
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Independent Living
Direct
payments
are local council payments for people who have been assessed
as needing help from social services, and who would like to
arrange and pay for their own care and support services instead
of receiving them directly from the local council. Having
a direct payment does not affect any other benefits.
The
Independent Living Fund is designed to help you,
if you are disabled, to live independently at home rather
than in residential care. You can use payments from the Fund
to employ people to give you personal and domestic care in
your home.
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Carers
& Families
Carers
Allowance is a benefit paid to informal carers of people
who are severely disabled. You do not have to be related to,
or live with, the person you care for.
Child
Tax Credit
is an allowance for parents and carers of children or young
people who are still in full-time education. You may get extra
if you care for a disabled child.
Disability
Living Allowance is a benefit you can get if you
need help looking after a child because they are ill, disabled
or terminally ill.
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Housing
Council
Tax
Benefit is a national welfare benefit for people who have
a low income. Council
Tax bills can be reduced where only one person lives in the
home (called a single resident discount) or where the property
has been altered to help someone who has a disability. You
do not have to be on a low income to get this sort of discounts
Housing
and Council Tax Benefit are paid by local councils.
If you are on a low income and paying rent claim Housing Benefit.
If you are on a low income and paying Council Tax, claim Council
Tax Benefit.
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Mobility
and Transport
Blue
Badge parking scheme
provides a range of parking benefits for disabled people with
severe walking difficulties.
You can apply for a blue badge from your local council office.
To find out your local office, please click
my
local office
The
Motability Scheme
can help you with leasing or buying a car, powered wheelchair
or scooter if you are getting the higher rate of the mobility
component of Disabled Living Allowance.
You can claim a Motability Scheme pack from the following
website
www.motability.co.uk
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Education
Disabled Student Allowances
provide help for students in higher education who, because
of their disability, have additional costs. Things they help
pay for include specialist equipment plus non-medical personal
assistance.
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