Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi,
I am 27,in the UK, currently on the waiting list for an assessment after having an ASD screening from an NHS physiatrist, I don't know how long the wait is going to be but for now I am struggling bad with my mental health and this has now resulted in my contract at work being terminated because I have had to take so much time off due to this. I really struggle with socialising and emotions and sleep, which leads to a difficult work life, being exhausted and burnt out constantly. Now I have no job and am not in the right place mentally to look for a new one or hold onto one at the moment. I have tried to reach out to many services for support and have yet to receive any, most professionals are brushing me off and telling me to learn to live with it.
Does anyone have any ideas of some decent support networks, people to contact, services, resources, etc?
Also how do you survive without a job, can you get DLA, UC, PIP?
still waiting for assessment/diagnosis
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
ah your on a waiting list, that will take about 8 years or so loli survived without a job by living with my parents and never functioned or did anything until i was like 31, i only moved out when i got a job in my 30s... by the sounds of it you had a job already early, this will go against you in assessments and in whether you qualify for pip, and theres no way in hell that id be allowed pip myself due to having a job and my own place and now function... despite having not functioned all the way to my 30s and youd think that would qualify me for backdated pip all from age 16 to 31 then but its just not how the system works. infact im still on a diagnosis waiting list that i was on before i got a job and before i functioned around the time i started looking for help and i likely now wont pass the diagnosis for autism due to having now got a job and a flat and showing i now function despite having not functioned most of my life.... that is just how it is.