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Disability and illness

Get help if you have a disability, illness or condition. Includes Adult Disability Payment, Child Disability Payment and Pension Age Disability Payment.

  1. Adult Disability Payment

    Adult Disability Payment is extra money to help you if you have a disability or long-term health condition that affects your everyday life.

  2. Child Disability Payment

    How to apply for Child Disability Payment, what happens after you have applied and how to get help from Social Security Scotland.

  3. Pension Age Disability Payment

    Pension Age Disability Payment is extra money to help you with your care needs.

  4. Supporting information for disability benefits

    How Social Security Scotland uses supporting information to make decisions about disability benefits.

  5. If you have a terminal illness

    Apply for disability benefits under Special Rules for Terminal Illness if you live in Scotland and have been diagnosed with a terminal illness.

  6. Help with disability benefits

    Get help with finding out more or claiming disability benefits.

  7. Financial help if you have a disabled child

    Information about the benefits you can get if you have a disabled child.

  8. Extra support if you get a disability payment

    How to apply for extra benefits and services if you get Child Disability Payment or Adult Disability Payment.

  9. Short-term Assistance

    Find out how you can apply for Short-term Assistance from Social Security Scotland.

  10. Your benefit is moving to Social Security Scotland

    Find out what happens to your Department for Work and Pensions benefit if it's moving to Social Security Scotland.

  11. Carers

    Get help if you look after someone else. Includes Carer Support Payment, Young Carer Grant and Carer's Allowance Supplement.

  12. Getting funding from Independent Living Fund Scotland

    Check what money you could get from ILF Scotland if you’re disabled, live in Scotland, and need extra money to live independently.

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