We received written evidence from some charitable organisations who work with people with disabilities, who said that they would support many of the proposed changes the programme is designed to deliver. For instance, three of the four organisations who wrote to us expressed the need for benefit assessors to be specially trained to assess claimants with particular disabilities.44 The Autism Society told us that some assessors were unfamiliar with the different forms autism and can mistakenly ...

We received written evidence from some charitable organisations who work with people with disabilities, who said that they would support many of the proposed changes the programme is designed to deliver. For instance, three of the four organisations who wrote to us expressed the need for benefit assessors to be specially trained to assess claimants with particular disabilities.44 The Autism Society told us that some assessors were unfamiliar with the different forms autism and can mistakenly deny benefits to people who do not fit a stereotypical understanding of autism.45 The Department told us it potentially planned to trial specialist asses Type: conclusion | Number: 23 | Response status: not_addressed