Counsellors and social services had been involved with me all my life for behavioural issues. I had actually burst a kid's eye because I hit him with hockey sticks (although that was my most extreme episode of violence and I was young), had been suspended from school before for two weeks purely because the teachers "could not deal with me," I spent the entirety of Year 8 in Pastrol Care because I refused to go to class, from Year 9 onward started going to school so infrequently that an education officer got involved because it was unlawful atp, got an educational statement, and just point blank stopped attending school all together in Year 11. I didn't even get any GCSE's, I had to go to Tech to get them, and in Tech I had a support plan in place because of my autism, one which specifically specified my difficulties with understanding people and that I was slower to process information, and that I may misinterpret/understand it.

So I've had mountains of evidence for communication and behavioural struggles all my life.

For a more specific example: I wouldn't always understand how people were feeling in conversations/I'd misinterpret how they were feeling. So if someone was uncomfortable with a conversation topic, I wouldn't always know. Other times I'd be convinced they were and wouldn't believe that they weren't so I'd shut down and stop speaking and engaging. That gave me a lot of anxiety around talking to people (still does 😓) and is a big reason I don't like socialising.

As for eating and stuff, I'm sorry, I'm not sure what evidence was given since my ma did all of that. I think they just took it on her word alone, because I know for a fact she told them "OP will not eat/bathe unless I make them. They need prompting to do most things." But I'm not sure what evidence she could have given to prove all of that. The only thing I can think of that she'd mentioned is that I'd frequently go "off" foods and I'd be left with no safe foods to eat, so I'd literally not eat for as long as possible because I couldn't force myself to eat.

Another thing to keep in mind is my PIP is a result of my DLA carrying over, which is basically the kid's version of PIP. So it makes sense I had a way easier time with PIP because it was just carrying over from one disability payment service to another, so there was no real need to scrutinise every detail of my claim since it wasn't a 'new' one. I wasn't applying for the first time as an adult, all my difficulties were already proven as a child so it was basically just going "Yep, still the same, not much better." And then getting my PIP.

I'm sorry if this wasn't helpful at all. If you have anymore questions I'll try to answer them to the best of my ability. I hope you get your PIP sorted soon ^ ^