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Get help to apply for Adult Disability Payment

The Social Security Scotland Local Delivery service can help you to apply for Adult Disability Payment.

Find out more about help to apply for Adult Disability Payment

Someone can apply for Adult Disability Payment for you if you're unable to apply yourself. This might be:

  • a family member
  • a friend
  • a carer, support worker or someone else who helps you
  • an appointee who is acting on your behalf

If you want to apply in a language that’s not English

Contact Social Security Scotland to apply over the phone. You can do this in over 100 languages with an interpreter they’ll provide.

You can ask for languages such as:

  • Polish
  • Arabic
  • Romanian
  • Urdu
  • Mandarin
  • many of the other languages used in Scotland

It's free for you to apply in a language that’s not English.

The online and paper application forms are only in English.

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