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6 days 19 hours ago #298014 by Perdita
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Asking for someone else - With the PIP activity for communicating verbally, does this involve communicating with others in a social context? What if a person can communicate facts but cannot communicate in a small talk way/ie casual friendly chat?
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6 days 18 hours ago #298015 by Gary
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Hi Perdita
This activity focuses on your ability to convey and understand information verbally. It is only concerned with oral/aural communication (CPIP/2306/2015); if you can understand someone only by lip reading, this will be ignored (CPIP/315/2018. If you cannot understand people in noisy public spaces, this should be taken into account - you should not be expected to continually seek out quiet environments (CPIP/2306/2015).
Two types of information are covered in the descriptors: basic and complex.
Basic verbal information means information indoor own language conveyed verbally in a single sentence ( such as asking for a drink of water).
Complex verbal information means information in your own language conveyed verbally in either more than one sentence or one complicated sentence.
In either case, a lack of understanding of English, if this is not your first language, is not relevant.
Three of the descriptors refer to communication support. This isn support from a person trained or experienced in communicating with people with specific communication needs, including interpreting verbal information into a non-verbal form and vice versa (eg sign language). The experienced person could potentially include a family member or close friend (CPIP/1534/2016). It does not matter you currently do not have such support, as long as you can show that you have a need for it.
An aid could include a hearing aid or an electrolarynx. If you use a pen and paper to communicate, this may also be included as an aid or appliance (C3/18-19(PIP)).
PIP Regs, Sch 1, Part 1; PIP Assessment Guide, Part 2, para 2.3 (Activity 7) Disability Rights Handbook Edition 49
Gary
This activity focuses on your ability to convey and understand information verbally. It is only concerned with oral/aural communication (CPIP/2306/2015); if you can understand someone only by lip reading, this will be ignored (CPIP/315/2018. If you cannot understand people in noisy public spaces, this should be taken into account - you should not be expected to continually seek out quiet environments (CPIP/2306/2015).
Two types of information are covered in the descriptors: basic and complex.
Basic verbal information means information indoor own language conveyed verbally in a single sentence ( such as asking for a drink of water).
Complex verbal information means information in your own language conveyed verbally in either more than one sentence or one complicated sentence.
In either case, a lack of understanding of English, if this is not your first language, is not relevant.
Three of the descriptors refer to communication support. This isn support from a person trained or experienced in communicating with people with specific communication needs, including interpreting verbal information into a non-verbal form and vice versa (eg sign language). The experienced person could potentially include a family member or close friend (CPIP/1534/2016). It does not matter you currently do not have such support, as long as you can show that you have a need for it.
An aid could include a hearing aid or an electrolarynx. If you use a pen and paper to communicate, this may also be included as an aid or appliance (C3/18-19(PIP)).
PIP Regs, Sch 1, Part 1; PIP Assessment Guide, Part 2, para 2.3 (Activity 7) Disability Rights Handbook Edition 49
Gary
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