Share your story

Your experience is evidence

Every story we collect makes the pattern harder to deny. Whether your child was refused, you won at tribunal, you gave up partway through, or you haven't applied yet because you're dreading it, we want to hear from you.

Take as long or as little as you like. Rough notes are fine, we care about what happened, not how it's written.

About you
Your DLA experience
For example: "14 months from first application to tribunal award."
What the refusal said, whether anyone contacted your child's medical team, what the fight cost you in time, money, and energy. Whatever matters to you.
Permissions
How we use your story Your story is stored securely and never published or shared without your permission. Anything we use publicly is anonymised unless you tell us otherwise. You can ask us to update or delete your story at any time by emailing hello@deniedbydefault.org.