PIP - Mobility 1 (d,e or f)

I have been reading through your guides and the videos in particular and I've realised I could potentially score 12 points under 1f, where previously I scored for 1e.

My situation is that I'm autistic and have severe anxiety, therefore I need someone to accompany me to overcome overwhelming psychological distress, keep me safe, stop me from having seizures and dissociate.

I was scored under 1e because I wasn't leaving the house that much but I think they scored me a lower award.

Is this true that you can score for MH problems?

Hi Gordon,

Could you explain to me why they aren’t mutually exclusive of each other.

My understanding is, which is limited, is it because of this wording?

A claimant who satisfies 1E cannot also satisfy 1F. If they cannot undertake a single journey on the majority of days due to overwhelming psychological distress, then 1E will be the applicable descriptor, even if there are occasions when they could follow a familiar route, if accompanied.

How do we define occasions? If someone could leave once a week but would need the presence of a companion to overcome overwhelming psychological distress. They should score? Particularly if it’s related to say ‘ASD’.

Hi Gordon,

It does have this wording though:

A claimant who satisfies 1E cannot also satisfy 1F. If they cannot undertake a single journey on the majority of days due to overwhelming psychological distress, then 1E will be the applicable descriptor, even if there are occasions when they could follow a familiar route, if accompanied.

So this wording would suggest someone has left the house, followed a route accompanied by another person.