Hi my name is Lynn, I have a 15year old daughter diagnosed with Learning disability, Anxiety, Autistic and OCD.
I don't really know where to start as there is just so much to my story!
I'm looking for advice and help...
Since covid 2020 my daughter got diagnosed with OCD we had alot more problems going on with her behaviour which she was violent to us and smashing our house up. She shared a bedroom with her youngest sister in which it got to dangerous so we had to put our youngest who is now 13 in our bedroom and we have been sleeping dowstairs on the floor on old sofa cushions ever since. It's to the point now where things are just getting worse, me and my partner are getting poorly with sleeping in this condition and my 13yr old wants her own room without our stuff being in that bedroom as well as it's too cluttered with her stuff and mine and my partner's stuff in there.
I am also a carer to my partner also as well as my 15yr old and if I've mentioned about moving to a 3 bedroom to them both which leads to arguments and upset as they both have mental health problems and moving is not an option. We could do with an extra room which was extended on to the house as an extra bedroom so we went to our housing officer which he took pictures of the house and garden asked us to get letters saying why we need the extension and the reasons we cant move house, anyway long story short they refused to help.
I got a lady who works with my youngest at school as she is a young carer to look into a Disabled facilities grant for us and to get an ocupational therapist round to look at what we need, only to be told they won't do it unfortunately as its not a disability they can see.... Which I thought that's out of order. Anyway I'm trying to do my own homework by trying to look into getting a grant myself as there doesn't seem to be anyone who wants to help us at all.
Has anyone been in this situation before or any help would be very grateful as I don't know what to do anymore. Thank you so much
I don't really know where to start as there is just so much to my story!
I'm looking for advice and help...
Since covid 2020 my daughter got diagnosed with OCD we had alot more problems going on with her behaviour which she was violent to us and smashing our house up. She shared a bedroom with her youngest sister in which it got to dangerous so we had to put our youngest who is now 13 in our bedroom and we have been sleeping dowstairs on the floor on old sofa cushions ever since. It's to the point now where things are just getting worse, me and my partner are getting poorly with sleeping in this condition and my 13yr old wants her own room without our stuff being in that bedroom as well as it's too cluttered with her stuff and mine and my partner's stuff in there.
I am also a carer to my partner also as well as my 15yr old and if I've mentioned about moving to a 3 bedroom to them both which leads to arguments and upset as they both have mental health problems and moving is not an option. We could do with an extra room which was extended on to the house as an extra bedroom so we went to our housing officer which he took pictures of the house and garden asked us to get letters saying why we need the extension and the reasons we cant move house, anyway long story short they refused to help.
I got a lady who works with my youngest at school as she is a young carer to look into a Disabled facilities grant for us and to get an ocupational therapist round to look at what we need, only to be told they won't do it unfortunately as its not a disability they can see.... Which I thought that's out of order. Anyway I'm trying to do my own homework by trying to look into getting a grant myself as there doesn't seem to be anyone who wants to help us at all.
Has anyone been in this situation before or any help would be very grateful as I don't know what to do anymore. Thank you so much