Hi, this is my first post here. A little background first:
I'm in my late thirties, have always had terrible trouble with certain things and have had major periods of anxiety and stress when things go wrong. I was always just diagnosed with Generalised Anxiety Disorder but after having one too many meltdowns at work, my boss decided I really needed to get extra help. When this wasn't forthcoming from my GP, my work got me a private consultation with a consultant psychiatrist. After a lengthy 2 and a half hour session with him, he advised that he had been performing some tests while we were talking and gave me a diagnosis of high functioning ASD. This was a complete surprise to me at the time but after taking his advice of getting to know more about the condition, it appears that I can only agree with his diagnosis, however much I didn't want it to be true.
Now, I live in social housing currently due to a period of extreme difficulties a few years ago. I initially wanted to try and move on from here but it's just not been possible. I have very bad debt and credit problems and get paid minimum wage so where I live, private renting is just not possible for me. I also feel like the stability of having a social landlord to be helpful with my anxiety issues as I've had problems in the past with private landlords (selling up with not much notice, entering my flat without permission etc). The trouble is, I live in a very rough part of town and have had consistent issues with a couple of neighbours with noise. I've complained to the landlord consistently but they have handled it really badly over the 5 years I have been here. This has then resulted in maing the problem much worse. I have now given up on any positive action being taken in my current location. I really want the housing association to re house me but as a single man this would not happen for a very very long time and I may be swapping one problem flat for another, especially if i swap with another tenant.
I really don't want to play up on the fact that I have Asperger Syndrome as I'm usually a very independent and proud person but would I be able to approach my housing association with this information to see if I could get in to a quieter block/house? Is this something that they would even take in to consideration? I know that they have blocks of flats for people over 40 (I will be 40 very soon) and blocks for people who are in work only. I just can't keep on having meltdowns because my neighbours are noisy at all hours, very abusive and threatening and I just don't feel safe here since the complaint went wrong.
Sorry for the essay but I'm really at my wits end with all of this and just don't know what to do anymore.
