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I have agoraphobia. How do I get my daughter to her activities?

ClaireHig

I have ASD & agoraphobia. I've had bad agoraphobia before in 2013. And I didn't leave my flat at all for about a year. My daughter is 10 & she doesn't have ASD. She is home educated. My mother already takes her to many local groups. But my daughter also attends a group in another borough. Up until now my only journey outdoors for the past year was pretty much just to collect her once a week. Which itself I found too stressful, but I felt I had no choice. My mother refused to do both journeys. And there was sort of a court order in place to take her.

My daughter loves going to the group, she has friends there both human & animal. I never really wanted her to go to start with, as I knew it was too far away & I feared this situation. I don't know what to do. I can't send her in a taxi alone as she's too young. And there seems to be no transport for this situation. I've looked into people2places/Readibus etc & they are only for people with disabilities themselves + they are out of area. My daughter has no disabilities.

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  • If I contact the council or even GP I know they will report it to children's services.

    Children's services have harassed us since before my daughter was even born. After my Asperger's diagnosis children's services even used it to take me to court to try to remove my daughter from my care. My friends weren't prepared to be identified to the council & consequently the council then claimed my child didn't go out. Even though my mother admitted to frequently taking her out & seeing her everyday. This was disregarded as she was the one seeking custody. I don't want to risk that situation happening again.

    It's a big risk as my daughter is still taken to other groups by friends I've known since childhood. None of them go to this group. It was ordered by the court guardian & she's been going for over 2 years due to court. Obviously she has made many friends by now.

    My mother would do anything to register my child at a school. I was forced to prove I could take my daughter out myself, they made it clear I would lose her if I didn't change. Court was in 2014 but I'm only just getting over the shock of what was said & done. It has made my situation much worse & I feel it's all just hitting me now as the complaint I've been seeking since 2014 has just been closed with no investigation occurring at all.

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  • If I contact the council or even GP I know they will report it to children's services.

    Children's services have harassed us since before my daughter was even born. After my Asperger's diagnosis children's services even used it to take me to court to try to remove my daughter from my care. My friends weren't prepared to be identified to the council & consequently the council then claimed my child didn't go out. Even though my mother admitted to frequently taking her out & seeing her everyday. This was disregarded as she was the one seeking custody. I don't want to risk that situation happening again.

    It's a big risk as my daughter is still taken to other groups by friends I've known since childhood. None of them go to this group. It was ordered by the court guardian & she's been going for over 2 years due to court. Obviously she has made many friends by now.

    My mother would do anything to register my child at a school. I was forced to prove I could take my daughter out myself, they made it clear I would lose her if I didn't change. Court was in 2014 but I'm only just getting over the shock of what was said & done. It has made my situation much worse & I feel it's all just hitting me now as the complaint I've been seeking since 2014 has just been closed with no investigation occurring at all.

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