- Just a quick background, I have autism, PTSD and Chronic Kidney Disease.
Hello Everyone!
I have received a autism diagnosis recently and it explains a lot of why my senses seem to be so heightened and overwhelmed in certain situations.
I currently live in a shared house and it causes me a lot of distress as my housemate is constantly using drugs which means he is constantly high. When he is high he is very anti-social and aggressive. He is loud during the night and sings and causes noise until sometimes 4:00am and I have to be up to get ready for work by 6:30am. My sleep is compromised and the constant loud noise is causes me a lot of sensory overload. I spoke to the landlord multiple times and I just get the same reply: "This is a shared house, I cannot control the noise levels and if you do not like it you are more than welcome to move". The problem is I do not have the money to move into a self-contained accommodation. I work 24 hours per week as I physically find it too overwhelming to work any more hours and I am on the highest amount of PIP.
As well as my housemate being very anti-social. The housemates that live next to me are in a domestically abusive relationship and I can constantly hear fighting/physical violence next door which causes me a lot of distress both to my autism and PTSD. I cannot cook in the kitchen as people are constantly moving my things or taking them which is very stressful as I do not like the constant changing of my personal belongings, also, the kitchen is packed every time I want to cook and it causes my senses to be all over the place as I cannot stand crowds.
I also suffer from Chronic Kidney Disease which also causes me a lot of distress as when I am physically unwell I have more periods of mental distress due to my autism. I feel at loss of what I should do. It got so bad last month that I was having very dark thoughts which I will not mention on here as I do not wish to trigger anyone reading this. I just want to feel safe in my own home. The thought of going home after work causes me extreme distress as I know I am not going to a "safe place".
Before anyone advises me to speak to my landlord, I already have, NUMEROUS TIMES. The last message I received is that I am annoying him with my complaints.
I am anxious to speak to the council as every time I have they have said I am "adequately" housed. It feels like there is no hope. I have lived in 10 different shared houses before 8 of them being supported accommodation where in one I was a victim of as*ault and received no help.
Would the council have to rehouse me? Is there a law for people with autism?