DLA Awarded - Thank You

I posted here over a year ago regarding applying for DLA for our daughter without a diagnosis (anxiety, depression, suspected autism).

Circumstances changed and so I didn't apply for a while, we had pulled her out of school and started home educating her instead, and my focus had been solely on her education for a while. I finally got round to applying in September, and while I still didn't have a diagnosis, the messages of support I had got here and from a few other places gave me the confidence to go ahead and apply.

I got a supporting letter from a Mental Health Nurse she had seen for 8 weeks (they don't offer any more than 8 sessions per child), and asked her former headteacher to fill in a section of the form detailing the support that she received while she attended (we remain on good terms with the school and her sister still attends there).

I sent these along with the forms, and 5 additional pages of writing detailing why I had given the answers I had for each question, and a diary of the week leading up to the application. It's been about 18 weeks since applying, and haven't received written confirmation yet (I'm assuming I'll get the letter soon), but this morning I found the backpay pending on my bank account.

We are still about 2 years from the top of the waiting list for a diagnosis, so I wanted to say thank you for the guides that helped me fill out the forms, and thank you to everyone here that gave me the encouragement to apply anyway.