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Does having autism entitle you to a bigger property/a garden?

NAS85914

I’ve been in court with a wealthy yet narcissistic ex who won’t pay for anything for his child without being forced to by the judge. There’s an argument over whether our child is entitled to a garden because we’re also waiting for an ADHD assessment and the ex of course, insists that a garden is not a necessity. 

The EHCP states that the child needs “movement breaks” but of course, doesn’t stipulate that we must have a garden etc. The ex suggested going to a park but that’s not always possible due to behavioural issues which can create problems with other children and even their parents. I was just wondering, if there any law or precedent set where having an ASD diagnosis would entitle a family to additional space, for example, if they were going down the council route? I’m just looking for something to show the judge. Any help or advice would be much appreciated, thanks.

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  • nope, theres no garden entitlement in anything, especially when you consider that in some places like london nobody has gardens anyway and its actually quite rare.

    you cant force your ex to pay for you to have a new house.. thats not how it works. the best route is as you said, ask the council to see what they can provide as they might have some properties to meet anyones needs.... but yeah people have been targeting and buying up all the council houses anyway so they maybe short supply.

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  • in reply to NAS87450

    in the uk we cant be fussy because housing is limited and rare and no one actually owns their own home now.... the norm is infact renting here... so theres no case for forcing someone to buy you ownership of a house at all as house  ownership is close to impossible in the uk these days and the standard is renting... of which i dunno i think the payments already taken from the guy already factor in and cover any rental expense.

    its highly unreasonable to expect someone to buy you a home, especially a large home... no one can do that for themselves let alone others. the courts would find it highly unreasonable and laugh the claimant out of the court room and likely not take notice of them ever again and view them as spoilt and entitled and unreasonable.