Financial help if you're disabled
Overview
There is a wide range of disability-related financial support, including benefits, tax credits, payments, grants and concessions.
Some benefits you might get are:
- Universal Credit
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
- Attendance Allowance
- New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
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- Industrial Injuries Benefit if you바카라 사이트™re disabled as a result of work
- Constant Attendance Allowance if you need daily care and attention because of a disability
This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).
Vehicles and transport
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- exemption from paying vehicle tax
- parking benefits - Blue Badge
- disabled persons bus pass or
- help to buy or lease a car from the
Home and housing
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- - allowing you to buy in and arrange help yourself instead of getting it directly from social services
- Disabled Facilities Grants - which is money towards the costs of home adaptations to enable you to continue living there
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You may be eligible for Universal Credit and could get help with housing costs.
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Help if you바카라 사이트™re employed
You may be able to top up a low salary by claiming Universal Credit.
You also might be able to get an Access to Work grant to pay for:
- special equipment, adaptations or support worker services to help you do things like answer the phone or go to meetings
- help getting to and from work
- mental health support
- communication support at a job interview (for example, a British Sign Language interpreter or a lipspeaker)
VAT relief on certain goods and services
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Armed forces compensation
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