Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is for children who have extra care needs because of their illness or disability. It’s not means-tested.
Children with Down’s syndrome will all eventually get DLA. The earliest you can apply is when your child is 3 months old. Think about applying when you feel that your child needs a lot more help than other children of their age.
DLA has two parts: the care component and the mobility component. You can’t get mobility until your child is at least 3 years old.
For information about the rules and how DLA works, look at our Guidelines to claiming DLA, for the appropriate age:
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As you may already be aware, we have just launched our ‘Let’s talk about Relationships and Sex’ training resource. To launch this exciting new resource we will be hosting two study days, one in Devon in February and one in London in March.
These FREE study days are for those who have purchased, or thinking about purchasing the ‘Let’s Talk about Relationships and Sex’ training resource. You will be given the opportunity to see what is included in the training pack, how to facilitate the resource and how it has been tailored to the learning needs of individuals with Down’s syndrome.
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“Let’s Talk About Relationships & Sex” Launch Days
www.downs-syndrome.org.uk