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Autism Act and Local Authority Housing

Paull

I asked the local council for housing help and heres the reply.

"You have asked us to help you find a new home and you gave us some medical information, which our Medical Adviser has looked at. He has not awarded you any medical points at this time. This is a diagnosed ill health or disability, but not of significance to current or future housing needs."

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So I have ASD as well as severe hyperacusis, I am in dire need of somewhere quiet because noise is giving me so much distress and they say my condition is  'not of significance'....So where does the Autism Act come into this ??? can anyone give me any advise or help thanks.

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  • Hello Paull,

    I am in a similar situation as you - see my other posts on this forum. Noise is the bane of my life in this flat, which is otherwise perfect. I don't want to move because this is probably the best I can get in the current circumstances, and I appreciate that many have it far, far worse than me. However, this does not make things much easier when it comes to my poor noise tolerance. There is one neighbour above me because I made sure that I was not allocated a noisy block of flats, and thankfully I have my own private front door. But there is still minimal privacy. I can sometimes hear whole conversations, the tap being turned on, the toilet flushing, arguments, music, you name it. If I can hear her, she might be able to hear me, and it is this sense of being closed in that makes me feel stressed. Night time noise is the worst because I go to sleep around 11pm. This morning, I was woken up by a dog barking at half past 7 (I had hoped to have a lie in), and was then woken up at 8.30am by my neighbour vacuum cleaning. Could she not wait until 10am?. It would not matter f I could not hear it, but I can. I am being sent diaries by the Housing officer, so that I can keep a record of when the night time noise nuisance occurs. Have you tried this option?.

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  • Hello Paull,

    I am in a similar situation as you - see my other posts on this forum. Noise is the bane of my life in this flat, which is otherwise perfect. I don't want to move because this is probably the best I can get in the current circumstances, and I appreciate that many have it far, far worse than me. However, this does not make things much easier when it comes to my poor noise tolerance. There is one neighbour above me because I made sure that I was not allocated a noisy block of flats, and thankfully I have my own private front door. But there is still minimal privacy. I can sometimes hear whole conversations, the tap being turned on, the toilet flushing, arguments, music, you name it. If I can hear her, she might be able to hear me, and it is this sense of being closed in that makes me feel stressed. Night time noise is the worst because I go to sleep around 11pm. This morning, I was woken up by a dog barking at half past 7 (I had hoped to have a lie in), and was then woken up at 8.30am by my neighbour vacuum cleaning. Could she not wait until 10am?. It would not matter f I could not hear it, but I can. I am being sent diaries by the Housing officer, so that I can keep a record of when the night time noise nuisance occurs. Have you tried this option?.

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