to summarise exactly how disabled I am. Only this time, I had had to do so for someone who wouldn't even tell me whether they were a doctor or a nurse, someone who got to hear about my paranoid thoughts, my pain at not being to care for my children fulltime, and my embarrassingly disordered bowels, but wouldn't even tell me their family name. As soon as we got home, M wrote a blistering (and lengthy) complaint letter to Atos. I was too nervous to blog about our experience right away, worrying that it could be considered a further act of "aggression" and lead to my Employment and Support Allowance being stopped. As it is, because I am on contribution-based ESA, I am only entitled to a year's money, and that year is in up in October. It would probably be almost as cheap to just pay me the remainder, rather than run a WCA with two receptionists, an assessor (or two), administrative support and Jobcentre plus decision making and any possible appeal.  I'm still awaiting the outcome, but I'm not scared anymore. The WCA felt like an attempt to try and intimidate me, and for a week or so, it worked. But no more. I have not used the real names of the staff members involved. Addendum 13/09/2012 From Atos Healthcare's website FAQ on QCA: "Notes can be taken during an assessment by you or your representative.  The notes will only be for your use and will not be