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answering dept id | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
answering dept short name | Work and Pensions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
answering dept sort name | Work and Pensions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
hansard heading | Social Security Benefits: Asperger's Syndrome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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question text | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the replacement of Aspergers with Autistic Spectrum Disorder in the fifth edition of the Diagnosis and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders on the ability of people with Aspergers to claim personal independence payment and employment support allowance as a result of being required to secure a new diagnosis when proving that their condition affects their daily living. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
tabling member constituency | Motherwell and Wishaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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