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Disability allowance oral hearing

  • 15-11-2018 2:14pm
    #1
    Patient11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭


    I have a Disability allowance oral hearing coming up.

    Can anyone give me any advice on this.

    I'm afraid if I mees up the interview I won't be entitled to anything.


Comments

  • #2
    Nomis21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,409 ✭✭✭Nomis21


    Just answer every question truthfully. Don't add information that they don't ask for. You will be fine...


  • #3
    splinter65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Nomis21 wrote: »
    Just answer every question truthfully. Don't add information that they don't ask for. You will be fine...

    ^^^^
    This. Just take the opportunity to tell them how your illness/condition/Disabilty makes it impossible for you to hold down a full time job. Don’t be afraid to make bullet notes on a page and refer to it if you get stuck. Give a short account of a day living with your condition, and describe the amount of GPs/specialists/consultants appointments you have. Don’t try to embellish it or exaggerate, just be honest


  • #4
    Patient11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭Patient11


    Would the fact that I have "very rare" disease that most Doctors have very little knowledge of, help or hinder my case ?


  • #5
    Patient11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭Patient11


    Does anyone know how long these oral hearing interviews take ?


  • #6
    Patient11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭Patient11


    My appeal was successful.

    I was afraid I didnt do too well in the interview because I didnt talk enough.

    But I gave the interviewer a diary which outlines how hard my day to day life is which seemed to have helped my case.


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  • #7
    Squatter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,841 ✭✭✭Squatter


    Patient11 wrote: »
    My appeal was successful.

    I was afraid I didnt do too well in the interview because I didnt talk enough.

    But I gave the interviewer a diary which outlines how hard my day to day life is which seemed to have helped my case.

    Well done! That's what I advise every applicant to do.

    Providing a detailed daily/weekly disability diary can help to transform an applicant from merely a bundle of documents on a civil servant's desk to a living human being with real-life problems and issues.


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