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Housing support for people with Asperger?

zone_tripper

I have bad anxiety and paranoia issues.  My father says that I think up a non-existent problem and then spend my time worrying about something before it has even happened!  I fear the worst, in other words. 

A few years ago, I finally had money to be able to rent a flat and move out of my parents home.  Within a matter of days, I started suffering from home sickness.  Due to worsening depression, anxiety, home sickness, and a fear of being made homeless, I moved back into my parents home.  My parents own their own home and do not have a mortgage (having paid it off in 1996).  So I call my parents home, my comfort blanket. 

My parents are elderly (almost 70 and 66).  However, I was hoping to be able to look after them myself if they need help with day to day living.  But they may have to go into a care home one day and my sister and I may be forced to sell their house, which will mean I will have to look for a new home. 

Things are being made worse by the current Government changing rules regarding social housing, etc. 

I would like to know what experiences other people with Asperger Syndrome have had regarding housing support and housing issues?

Here are a few queries of my own...

  • As I have been formally diagnosed with Asperger, and as I suffer from depression, anxiety, paranoia, etc, would I be treated as a disabled and/or vulnerable person and be given priority for social housing?
  • Could my local County Council and/or Borough Council force me to sell my parents home to pay for care costs?  Or would they consider me as a disabled and/or vulnerable person and therefore unable to force me to sell their home?
  • What are the experiences of other Aspergers and Autistic people in relation to finding a place to live, finding suppport, getting social housing, whether or not you have had to sell your parents home to pay for their care, etc? 
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  • Hi, I am the mother of a 23 year old with high functioning Aspergers. She has a responsible job, but term time only, so really low paid. I really want her to make a move towards independence, for her own sake. I believe that she could live away from home, but she would not want to be seen as different.  I can help her with the practicaclities of bills, paperwork etc. but I cannot help financially. Can we get help with housing benefit for her to rent privately, and who should I approach? I am at a loss to know how I can help her to move on, now that she is no longer a child, and knowing that I will not always be here. She would not want her employer to know that she has been diagnosed with Aspergers.

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  • Hi, I am the mother of a 23 year old with high functioning Aspergers. She has a responsible job, but term time only, so really low paid. I really want her to make a move towards independence, for her own sake. I believe that she could live away from home, but she would not want to be seen as different.  I can help her with the practicaclities of bills, paperwork etc. but I cannot help financially. Can we get help with housing benefit for her to rent privately, and who should I approach? I am at a loss to know how I can help her to move on, now that she is no longer a child, and knowing that I will not always be here. She would not want her employer to know that she has been diagnosed with Aspergers.

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