what benefits could i get from the uk governemnt

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i have adhd and aspergers and i wonder what i can get

i know about the disabilitiy freddom pass and students one as im 17
but i wonder if there are anyothers as the websites are briliant

You could try to get Disability Living Allowance, but they won't make it easy. You'll be turned down but if you appeal you might get it. You'll probably need a good advisory service, because the department doesn't always explain the grounds for turning you down, even though they tell you that they will. And the Citizens' Advice people are currently snowed under with desperate people needing their help, so you probably won't get through to them. I'm pretty sure I qualify for the cooking component of the DLA but I can't find an advisory service to help me, so I've run out of ideas. Given the new spending cuts, my guess is that getting any cash out of them in future will require heavy artillery.

Under this government? F**k all.

I get Income Support, DLA, Housing Benefit, and Council Tax benefit, but it was a long and stressful process to get it all sorted out.

If you're in full-time education, you won't be able to get Income Support (or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) as it's now called). If you still live with your parents, you won't need Housing or Council Tax Benefit. You should have a case for DLA though.

I got dla but that's it i have hard time getting help with my asperger's

getting the forms filled in correctly for dla, and being properly represented if there is an appeal is very important. wording is crucial - if you can get legal aid go go a solicitor specialising in this. i lost middle rate care dla recently which also meant i lost income support

thanks for all the help
i have diagnosed by a private specialist centre so i can get loetter writeen

One possible tip: try to get your diagnostician to write something to corroborate your clam. DWP refuses to explain their rejection of my claim (although they initially indicated that they would ), but I think the missing element was that corroboration from a "person of suitable standing." The fact that the diagnostician only has your word for it that you can't do this or that (and therefore cannot logically contribute to the matter apart from verifying you have AS), doesn't matter to DWP. They simply won't believe an ordinary citizen, but they won't tell you that explicitly, they'll just send you a statement that says you don't need any help. It's criminally opaque and elitist of them, but that's how it is, I think.