We’re trying to find out about less common aids or appliances you use in connection with PIP activities, in order to improve our guides and training materials.  We probably know most of the more usual ones, like a kettle tipper, raised toilet seat or zip puller.  But do you use something we might not have come across? 

Or do you use an everyday item in an unusual way as an aid?

We’d also like to learn about ways in which the DWP try to take points off you by saying you could use an aid or appliance you don’t actually use. 

Your contributions are anonymous, but we may publish some of the information you provide, so please don’t disclose anything that might identify you. 

If you need reminding what the 10 daily living activities and two mobility activities are, there is a list which will open in a separate window here.
LESS COMMON AIDS AND APPLIANCES
Do you use a less common aid or appliance, that most people may not have come across?  If so, we’d like to know:

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* 1. What is the aid or appliance and what do you use it for?

DIFFERENT USE OF AN EVERYDAY ITEM
Do you use an everyday item in an un usual way as an aid?  If so, we'd like to know:

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* 2. What is the item and what do you use it for?

AIDS THE DWP SAID YOU COULD USE
Did the DWP argue that there was an aid or appliance you could reasonably be expected to use that would mean you could complete an activity without help?  If so, we’d like to know:

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* 3. What was the aid or appliance and would it really mean that you could manage the activity without help?

ANYTHING ELSE?

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* 4. Anything else you’d like to tell us about aids or appliances?

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