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Social Services Support - I use the word "support" lightly!

MummysGirl

Been having some very interesting chats with other parents of ASD children and some of their stories when approaching Social services for help. I always wait till Im at the end of my tether before I ask for help. Im a single parent of an autistic girl and in 12 yrs Ive asked for help 3 times and refused. What excuses has your local SS given you to deny you support? The best one for me so far is ...

"look, youre feeding your daughter strawberrys, youre coping just fine"

Foot in Mouth WARNING: NEVER FEED YOUR CHILD STRAWBERRIES IF YOU NEED HELP!

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  • Hi - my son was born in the 1980's + got respite (about 2 sleepovers) once a month from when he was aged about 9.  Before that there was a "charitable" respite place but he used to get hyper there so he stopped going.  Respite's always been rationed because of the cost + whether or not your council has enough facilities to supply the demand.  It's probably far worse now because of the economic situation as financial restraints on councils tighten yr on yr.  They've probably upped their criteria, so that families who were eligible before no longer are now.  It's absolutely crazy + all about budgets.  I used to get upset that we didn't get more, but reading the posts on here I feel really upset for families + what they're going through.  The unfairness makes my blood boil.  We always had to fight for certain things, some parents more than others, depending on where they lived, + that was bad enough.  But now??  Criminal + heartless in my opinion.  My son has a vg package of care at present from social services, altho it took us a v long time to get there.  He has an annual review + each yr I prepare as well as I can with others who support him to try as hard as poss to retain that care pkg.  I think it'll get harder to do as the yrs go by.  My big fear is that some of his funding will be reduced + he'll suffer.  Then it'll be more fighting again.  Round + round we go.

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  • Hi - my son was born in the 1980's + got respite (about 2 sleepovers) once a month from when he was aged about 9.  Before that there was a "charitable" respite place but he used to get hyper there so he stopped going.  Respite's always been rationed because of the cost + whether or not your council has enough facilities to supply the demand.  It's probably far worse now because of the economic situation as financial restraints on councils tighten yr on yr.  They've probably upped their criteria, so that families who were eligible before no longer are now.  It's absolutely crazy + all about budgets.  I used to get upset that we didn't get more, but reading the posts on here I feel really upset for families + what they're going through.  The unfairness makes my blood boil.  We always had to fight for certain things, some parents more than others, depending on where they lived, + that was bad enough.  But now??  Criminal + heartless in my opinion.  My son has a vg package of care at present from social services, altho it took us a v long time to get there.  He has an annual review + each yr I prepare as well as I can with others who support him to try as hard as poss to retain that care pkg.  I think it'll get harder to do as the yrs go by.  My big fear is that some of his funding will be reduced + he'll suffer.  Then it'll be more fighting again.  Round + round we go.

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