The wording checker
A decision maker can only award what the form describes. This checks a sentence of yours against the four things they read for, and tells you which ones are not there yet.
In your own words, the way you would say it out loud. Nothing you type is sent to us.
Type something above and the four things a decision maker reads for will appear here, with the ones your sentence has not covered yet.
What this does and does not do. It looks for words, not meaning. It cannot tell whether what you have written is accurate, or whether it is enough, and a match is a prompt to re-read rather than a pass mark. It will not write anything for you either: the words have to be yours, because it is your claim and you may be asked about it.
Why wording decides claims
The person deciding is not assessing how ill you are, nor ranking your diagnosis against anybody else's. They are building a picture of an ordinary day and what it costs you to get through it. Two people with the same condition can get different answers, and the difference is usually what was written down.
Most people answer the way they would answer a neighbour — briskly, with dignity intact. That is the instinct this tool exists to interrupt. Our nine pitfalls that get claims refused sets out the same four things in full, with examples beside them.
What it will not do
It will not write your claim. That is a deliberate limit rather than an unfinished feature. A form written by somebody else reads like one, and you may be asked to talk through what it says months later, by which point the words need to have been yours.
It also cannot judge whether what you have written is true or complete. It matches words. Someone can mention falling without ever saying what would happen if they fell alone, and the tool would count that as covered.
What happens to what you type
Nothing leaves your browser. There is no account, no email box, and nothing is saved between visits — close the tab and it is gone. That is deliberate: you are being asked to describe the parts of a week you would rather not dwell on, and nobody does that honestly into someone else's computer.
Common questions
Does this write my Attendance Allowance claim for me?
No, and it is built so that it cannot. It shows you which of four things your own sentence has not covered yet, and what the shape of an answer looks like. The words stay yours, which matters, because you may be asked about them later.
How does it decide what is missing?
It looks for words, not meaning. Phrases like "three times a week" or "forty minutes" or "at night" are matched against the four things our pitfalls guide sets out. That is a blunt test, so a match is a prompt to re-read what you wrote rather than a pass mark.
Is what I type sent to you?
No. The checking happens in your own browser and nothing is transmitted, stored or logged. We cannot see what you write, there is no account to make, and closing the tab discards it. Nothing is saved between visits either, so copy anything you want to keep.
What are the four things it checks for?
How often you need help, how long things take compared with someone without your condition, what the risk is if nobody is there, and whether any of it happens at night. Those four carry most of the weight on the form.
A sentence written from memory is weaker than a note made on the day. Before you fill the form in, our two-week claim diary gives you something to write these sentences from.