stop DLA refusing rare disabilities! I.e Perthes Disease

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What the petition asks

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.

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!!

Timeline

29 Jun 2016	Petition opened for signatures
29 Dec 2016	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 341

Status Closed

Opened 29 Jun 2016

Closed 29 Dec 2016

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