I am a parent and carer to my 24-year-old autistic son who is autistic and has mental health issues.
The new neighbours moved in in August. They have been making loud noises during anti-social times and also persistenly during the day, so you get no break from it. An autistic is living on his nerves. To escape them, we have been sleeping in the cemetery, but because this woman has crutches and the husband is a full-time carer, the police feel sorry for her. Myself and an autistic have been put down as the problem.
We've now had it with the neighbour reporting us to the council for crossing the grass verge which is classed as illegal. So, now I can't park on my driveway, which I have done for 10 years in my council property, because I will get a £1,000 fine, or I need to pay £1,000 to get the kerb dropped, even though I know that we have got to move. This has been like a final nail in the coffin to see an autistic go down so much, constantly ill and tired. The council aren't sympathetic, even the autism department. The police have been horrible to us. When I complained about the police, the sergeant phoned me up really offhand. When I said "I suppose it would solve everyone's problems if we moved". He said "Yeah". I feel so alone. I'm already worried about all these benefit cuts, and I am worried how much more I can cope with and also a high-functioning autistic but who is vulnerable.
