Incapacity Benefit

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I live in the UK and for the last few months since my diagnosis I have been claiming this. Last week I attended an medical assessment which consisted of a basic one to one questionnaire and as a result I can no longer claim it. My problem with was that I felt the person had no real understanding of what AS is and treated it like a mental health condition. I'm going to appeal this and was wondering if anyone has any advice about the best way to go about it?

No, not me, sorry
I don't know how it works in UK.

You could try your local citizens advice bureau. Heres their website link.
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/

lavender35 is right. CAB, or the National Autistic Society (http://www.nas.org.uk) will be able to give you advice. You should have right of appeal against benefit decisions.

http://benefitsandwork.co.uk/incapacity-benefit

i had a good look at this site before they started charging subscriptions, and the advice is very, very good.

Oh, and I forgot Directgov - benefits page

thanks everyone for all the links. I've called them up and have the next few weeks to appeal in writing.