Petition stop DLA refusing rare disabilities! I.e Perthes Disease

Perthes disease, AKA Legg-Calvé- Perthes is a childhood condition affecting the head of femur in the hip joint & can sometimes cause mobility problems in later life necessitating a Total Hip Replacement. Symptoms include a limp occasional leg length discrepancy & pain in the hip especially at night.

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Some of the children are in pain almost every day & some are in casts or they may need surgery involving cutting through the thigh bone and re-angling the bone so that the head sits properly in the socket pinning and plating it.In place ago help the head grow to the correct shape. I am disgusted to hear so many stories of DLA/PIP refusing to recognise this as a disability and turning down children in wheelchairs! This can happen not just once but 4-5 times per child. THIS IS A DISGRACE. Do your research DLA!!

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Date closed 29 December 2016
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