Trying to fill in the disability form for housing and getting very angry.

[Marne]

Why do they assume disabled mean physiclly disabled?

We are trying to get a council house in another area (not the area we are living in) so i can be closer to family and closer to dh's work. Today i received the forms including the for we need to fill in to apply for an extra room for dd2 as she can not share with dd1. So there are 2 forms, one for me to fill in and one for my GP.

All the questions are aimed towards people who cant physicly get around (have problems walking), there isn't any questions about mental health problems and nothing thats really relavent to describe dd2 other than where i write down her condition. Theres no section to write down dd's problems.

How am i going to convince them that dd2 needs her own room when i can't even fill in the bloody form.

Agree with RIv

blast them wioth app-erwork: photocopy the dx letter, add in any relevant info you can find anywhere that shows their issues

list the reasons why you need a separate room yourself on extra paper

For some reason there is no blank bit to wrie in , just a box for each question (all related to physical problems such as stairs and getting in and out of bed).

Some how i need to get the point across that i have 2 dd's on the spectrum with sleep problems, dd1 likes her room full of toys and dd2 need an empty room in order to sleep, i need to tell them that i am currently sleeping on the sofa with dd2 as she has not got a room.

Do you think i could write a letter an staple it to the form?

Apparently it has to go to a panel to decide if we can have the extra room.

We have already filled the forms in for the area we are in and it was easy, just needed a doctors letter (no panel etc..).

absolutely write and attach letter

attach GP's lwtter as well, anythingt hat migt make panel think it is important

treat as you would a statement appliation

baffle them with paperwork

Good luck know how hard it is but don't be suprised if they tell you to give up your bedroom so dd1 and dd2 have own rooms.what was told to do 5 years on sofa has left me with bad back hence giving up gone private rented which has cost them lot more

roundthebend, i have the bad back (waiting for physio), i have been sleeping on the sofa for 4 years, we have looked at private but can't afford the rent on a 3 bed and housing benefit will only pay for a 2 . We have though about putting dd2 in our room and us sleeping downstairs but that would mean moving all out stuff out of the room (as dd2 will be into everything) and we have no where to move it to. Our house is so tiny, dd1's room is not really big enough to fit 2 beds in (even if we wanted to). We have thought about renting a bigger 2 bed house or one with a dining room (to convert into a bed room) but we can't find one .

We have applied for 2 houses with the council (in our area) this week but this will take us further away from family and friends and at the moment i feel i need the support from my family (not sure if i could cope being stuck in the middle of no where).

Hmm could you as tempoary soloutio. Put dd1 in with your stuff and dd2 have empty room ? But know neither way ideal. For me having my own room now is such a luxury yet really it's a basic right

Dd1's room is also filled with stuff (dd1's playmobil which dd2 would destroy and some of our things) our house is bursting at the seems, we have no garage for storage so we are kind of stuck.