When applying for disability benefits, it can be difficult to find the right words to describe how your condition affects you—especially when:

• The language you use every day doesn’t match what assessors expect to hear,

• If you're navigating a new diagnosis,

• English is your second language, or

• You're experiencing a moment of brain fog.

 

That’s why we’ve created a series of disability-specific glossaries to help you explain your symptoms, needs, and experiences clearly and confidently. 

 

Whether you’re trying to describe executive dysfunction, dinner table syndrome, or other common experiences, these glossaries offer plain-language definitions alongside examples of how to explain them in ways the DWP or other assessors will understand. 

 

They’re designed to support disabled people—including those who are neurodivergent, chronically ill or deaf—so that your reality is recognised, not overlooked.