OK, let's have all your excuses/comments from SS and similar

[MannyMoeAndJack]

This is my second attempt at this thread - this time with a title.

Slightly droll this - but let's share the reasons for why we or our disabled dc have been refused help from SS or similar plus some of the least helpful/most banal comments that such agencies have told you:

I'll go first (I have many!):

'Your ds is still very young - we don't usually think about providing respite care until the child is about 7yrs old' (implication: we don't care if you drop dead of exhaustion in the meantime because that will save us money)

'you need to set boundaries' (no, really?)

[cory]

I have to say Social Services are the only people we've never had any trouble with.

Dd's ex-headteacher tried to use them as a stick to beat us with and they basically refused to cooperate. But I could tell you stories about Education Welfare officers (though not all- the first one was a sweetie), the medical profession (oh yeah! not half!) and the educational profession (again not all).