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My main job for the last 10 years has been in working with families that the government deems to be most challenging in society here in the UK. It was common among these families for parents to falsely get their children diagnosed as autistic. There are a few advantages to this from their perspective, one being that they could 'home school' their child, saying they needed the home environment, this meant they didn't have to get their children into school. The other big one was that it made their family exempt from the benefits cap. I know one family I worked with that got about £60k per year in disability benefits, housing benefit, unemployment benefits, council tax relief etc… they also got a big house because the children needed separate rooms due to their 'disabilities' so they avoided the bedroom issues (there are rules over how many bedrooms benefits will cover based on number and age of children and occupants etc).These parents didn't manage to get their children diagnosed through the NHS, they had to get it done privately. Often all involved professionals (schools, social services, health, police, etc) didn't feel the children were autistic and so an NHS referral would fail because the evidence is the 'autistic' behaviours are only allegedly present when at home with parents worn no witnesses. But they can still pay for the diagnosis privately.This is obviously a small number of people compared to numbers diagnosed and to all those who are undiagnosed, and it isn't the children themselves wanting a diagnosis for something they know they don't have so this is a bit different answer, this would be why someone gets someone a fake diagnosis, not necessarily the person getting a fake diagnosis themselves.I think on the NHS it is difficult to get a table diagnosis because it is hard enough to convince your GP to request an assessment, then you have to provide evidence that you have displayed symptoms from pretty much birth, they ideally want to talk with your parent or doctors for that evidence, not self reporting. You have to have exceptional circumstances to not have a parent or doctor etc giving the evidence. You get assessed in the assessment by a professional, as well as having to have done some written and multiple choice assessments that the professional reviews before your face to face assessment.I can see that a few people may try to claim they personally are autistic, but being autistic I can't see why someone would want to unless they were autistic. You generally don't get much extra support, definitely don't get lots of extra benefits and in the UK at least the expectation is you look at how you are fit for work and at what you can do and are expected to try to get a job doing this. This has led to many genuine disabled people losing benefits and having to try to do jobs they aren't really suitable for, and obviously some people do manage to play the system but most would get the diagnosis and still have to work, still not get benefits and so not be much better off by deciding to fake it...

You can use NHS once you have registered with your local GP. Apart from that you may not have recourse to welfare benefits. Do you have a specific benefit in mind?14. Can I claim public funds i.e. benefits while in the UK on a Tier 2 visa?No, you will not be eligible for public funds during your time in the UK as a Tier 2 migrant. Public funds are defined as income-related benefits paid by the state. They include income support, income-based job seekers allowance, housing and homelessness assistance, housing and council tax benefit, working families' tax credit, a social fund payment, child benefit and any disability allowance. Benefits paid as a result of your employee contributions whilst working, such as the state pension, are not considered to be public funds. Social housing is not considered to be a public fund either. Claiming public funds when you are not eligible is considered to be benefit fraud and it is a criminal offence.http://www.docs.csg.ed.ac.uk/humanresources/recruitment/immigration/employee_faqs_tier_2_and_tier_5.pdf

Well from my experience as someone who got herself knocked up as a teen, and as someone who was SORT of kicked out.Basically ( my experience) my parents were very very disappointed in me after they found out I was pregnant. Of course they were both angry as well but after the anger died down they were still left disappointed even though they came to accept the situation.They both tried their best to support me BUT their body language and maybe comments here and there were obvious that they were hurt and still ANGUISH.( it's hard to explain)BUT anyway after the baby was born I wanted to be a hands on mom ,even though my parents begged me to go to school to do my last exam ( year 11) but the whole year to me looked as though it was wasted and I just couldn't think to leave my baby alone in a nursey all day and basically not care for her.Me and parents just got into rows, arguments, about EVERYTHING,there was so much tension , they let me live in their house but they know longer saw me as their little girl. I felt sort of like a lodger other than part of the family. I lived in constant fear of getting into arguments with my siblings as they both would take their side ,so most days I would take long days out with my daughter and try keep.out the way. I could eat,use as much hot water ,comfy bed my mom would do all the baby's laundry ( and mine) ect so for that I am greatfull, BUT I never got any help really with the care of my baby ,( crying ,feeding ,sleepless nights ) And my parents were very strict on keep reminding me that I had to spend my own money on my baby and they were not gonna pay for anything. ( I got some benifits)1 year went by and they basically told me I was a financial burden, I needed my own space ,the baby was too noisy and I needed to pay for MY own bills and food bills ect and that they had what's best for my siblings to consider .So they u go ,I went to a rented 1 bed flat , ( claimed housing benefit) and that's when I learned about, council tax,water bills,gas and electricity, and budgeting for food. Age 17.After that my relationship with my parents became better ,they would bring me cooked food,and sometimes bring me grocery shopping.I am no longer on benifits, after my daughter was 2 and I got her childcare in a nursey,i Finished my exams ,got partime ,then full time job,, ( parents helped me with childcare along the way as well) after my daughter was 5 the father wanted to be in her life and as a reult we got back together and worked our socks off .We own our home both have nice cars ,had 2 more kids,and can afford to live a nice life.