Caroline Milburn, from Edinburgh, said disability benefits have helped cover essential costs for her daughter Piper
A mother who relies on disability benefits to cover costs and give her daughter opportunities she would not have had otherwise has encouraged others to find out if they are eligible.
, nine, as well as give her opportunities she would never have had without them. "Child Disability Payment helps cover the costs of buying Piper new clothes and duvets as she is always chewing holes in them. It also allows me to send her to holiday clubs. She loves them and they're really good for her, but they cost about £40 a week.
They are paid and administered by Social Security Scotland and replace the Department for Work and Pensions' Disability Living Allowance for children, DLA and Personal Independence Payment for adults. We want to make sure that disabled children and adults get all the extra financial support they are entitled to, to ease the impact of those costs.
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