OK, have name-changed but am regular poster...
Life for many of us is a nightmare but it is getting beyond a joke for me. I just need to get some perspective.
I am facing:
(i) my third Tribunal in three years
(ii) my third LGO complaint in three years
(iii) the knowledge that there will inevitably be a fourth Tribunal after the LA names a school for secondary in Feb
I have had:
(i) To threaten judicial review three times this year and got legal aid on every occasion but I have had to take it to the limit before the LA backs down
(ii) DS1 out of school for six months so far with no help. I have been left to support him on my own even though everyone (save for the LA) agrees he should not be in school
(iii) To pay for a tutor for my son because the LA has failed him
(iv) To stop work so many times this year by income has more than halved
This year's Tribunal for DS1 is now listed for DS2's birthday and it is a week before our 20th wedding anniversary.
Now, DH's firm is being taken over which shakes his job security.
So, even though we have a lawyer acting pro bono and a leading barrister prepared to do the hearing for £750, we can't afford to pay for the fees for a barrister and any 'expert' that we will have to instruct to prove the bleeding obvious - DS can't manage with school.
I am now getting to the stage where I wake up in the morning and feel ok for about 2 minutes and then I remember what is happening and how I can't escape it.
I have to be upbeat and positive for everyone's sake but fighting all this seems like a bottomless pit for my money and I just want to run away.
Help!
Here are some suggested organisations that offer expert advice on special needs.
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Help me with this nightmare.....
helpmepls · 25/10/2013 21:04
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