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Disabled Facilities Grant

urspecial

Hi All,

But has anyone had any success in getting the DFG or having minor adaptions in the house.

I would need to have rails and prehaps a small wet area in my bathroom, as my current mental health and Autism are making it very difficult for me to currently use them plus there's damp which increases my anxiety further.

I would be assessed by an OT but my local council has trained their OTs in Autism yet, so there may be problems with this.

 

Anywho, any advice?

 

urspecial

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  • IntenseWorld said:

    I wish we could have something like this, with 3 of us on the spectrum we could do with funding to pay for sound-proofing from our neighbours. Very stressful.


     

    Considering you have kids who are on the spectrum and yourself, you could apply for this through your council. I suggest emailing them this way you won't have to talk to them and you have written records if you need to rely on them.

    Sound Proofing would need to come under the following purposes for which a grant must be approved:

    a) facilitating access to the home;

    b) making the home safe;

    c) facilitating access to a room used or usable as the principal family room;

    d) facilitating access to, or providing for, a room used or usable for sleeping;

    e) facilitating access to, or providing for, a lavatory, or facilitating the use of a lavatory;

    f) facilitating access to, or providing for, a bath or shower (or both), or facilitating the use of such;

    g) facilitating access to, or providing for, a room in which there is a washbasin, or facilitating the use of such;

    h) facilitating the preparation and cooking of food by the disabled occupant;

    i) improving any heating system in the home to meet the needs of the disabled occupant or, if there is no existing heating system there or any such system is unsuitable for use by the disabled occupant, providing a heating system suitable to meet his or her needs;

    j) facilitating the use of a source of power, light or heat by altering the position of one or more means of access to or control of that source or by providing additional means of control;

    k) facilitating access and movement by the disabled occupant around the home in order to enable him or her to care for a person who is normally resident there and is in need of such care;

    or for access to graden.

     

    As I'm going through adult social services at the moment, I do know kids [i.e. those aged 17 yrs and under] who have Autism or any other mental condition then they would be classed as Child In Need and should get support from children social services.

    I got the legal info from which covers more on housing adaptions for kids:

    http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/media/80206/CDC_LH_Chap_6c.pdf

    Most of it applies to adults too.

     

    Plus this is just a part of the children's legal handbook which goes on to your children's rights for support in education, social services etc.

    At least it may provide some help.

    urspecial

     

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  • IntenseWorld said:

    I wish we could have something like this, with 3 of us on the spectrum we could do with funding to pay for sound-proofing from our neighbours. Very stressful.


     

    Considering you have kids who are on the spectrum and yourself, you could apply for this through your council. I suggest emailing them this way you won't have to talk to them and you have written records if you need to rely on them.

    Sound Proofing would need to come under the following purposes for which a grant must be approved:

    a) facilitating access to the home;

    b) making the home safe;

    c) facilitating access to a room used or usable as the principal family room;

    d) facilitating access to, or providing for, a room used or usable for sleeping;

    e) facilitating access to, or providing for, a lavatory, or facilitating the use of a lavatory;

    f) facilitating access to, or providing for, a bath or shower (or both), or facilitating the use of such;

    g) facilitating access to, or providing for, a room in which there is a washbasin, or facilitating the use of such;

    h) facilitating the preparation and cooking of food by the disabled occupant;

    i) improving any heating system in the home to meet the needs of the disabled occupant or, if there is no existing heating system there or any such system is unsuitable for use by the disabled occupant, providing a heating system suitable to meet his or her needs;

    j) facilitating the use of a source of power, light or heat by altering the position of one or more means of access to or control of that source or by providing additional means of control;

    k) facilitating access and movement by the disabled occupant around the home in order to enable him or her to care for a person who is normally resident there and is in need of such care;

    or for access to graden.

     

    As I'm going through adult social services at the moment, I do know kids [i.e. those aged 17 yrs and under] who have Autism or any other mental condition then they would be classed as Child In Need and should get support from children social services.

    I got the legal info from which covers more on housing adaptions for kids:

    http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/media/80206/CDC_LH_Chap_6c.pdf

    Most of it applies to adults too.

     

    Plus this is just a part of the children's legal handbook which goes on to your children's rights for support in education, social services etc.

    At least it may provide some help.

    urspecial

     

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