DD severely disabled. How can she make money from home?

[Lele101]

My daughter doesn’t claim anything at all, my mil has money and has been financially supporting her essentials. Rent/bills/food

but my daughter wants to make her own money. At least like a side hustle. Any work from home jobs.

she finished school with GCSE’s and doesn’t have any qualifications.

She recently became disabled. She can rarely leave the house and doctors think it’s going to be a at least a few years till she can walk/move her body much again.

do you guys have any ideas?

Maybe she could get into video editing? There is always a need for them. Most big YouTubers have a large team behind them doing stuff like that.

This online school is amazing and quite academic. Study something through them, even if just doing an EPQ to start with.

this doesn’t quite make sense, the best way to help her and yourself as a first step is to address the finances

Does she have any computer skills? If she learned how to use Canva she could create digital products and sell them on Etsy. I do this part time as a side hustle but if I did it full time I could create a full time income out of it.

Does she want to earn money or get qualified? They’re completely different things. Online a levels aren’t going to get her an income.

also it depends what money you mean. She could probably get to £100 a month doing online surveys and stuff but that’s nothing if she actually needs to pay for things. She won’t earn a “proper”
wage from home. The you tube editing/ fully remote call centre jobs don’t exist to the extend you’re being led to believe, particularly for completely inexperienced people.

Open Uni - no minimum entry requirements, can be done entirely flexibly from home. Can study as and when, so can take it at your own pace. Many students have disabilities and the student support is very good. You could also be entitled to Disabled Students Allowance for support too.

It would require very good upper limb strength and stamina to iron in a seated position. I doubt OPs daughter could do this professionally.
Depending on her strengths, I've coached people with disabilities into roles in the talking therapies, writing/illustration and music production, maybe something like that would be suitable .

How old is she you say all her GCSE,s are A* to C bearing in mind that its been several years in England a least since GCSE,s were graded with a letter
And why is she not claiming for PIP and UC?

Bookkeeping or accounting qualifications can be remotely although exams may need to be sat at test centre (not sure post Covid!)

Software engineering or coding courses can also be studied at home.

Both can lead to WFH or freelance employment.

To answer question about benefits:

with all the news about benefit cuts, wanting much less people on pip, tightening criteria/rules so much less people can get it, and getting disabled people into work it really put us off. Especially because my daughter is young and has an invisible disability. We had elderly disabled people/family friends tell us they struggled to get it/were rejected many times and had to fight to get it. That’s it is extremely hard to get even for elderly people. Plus her illness affects people differently, some have very mild symptoms. just don’t think they’d believe she’s that disabled. I don’t know.

and even if she does get PiP, she still wants to work.

But it's a new disability?

How is this an “invisible disability”? if It is a serious physical disability? So presuming it’s not a physical disability as others have…. Ironing to make quick money
study for future employment

she need to apply for pip, not applying because of the news is silly really, the drs have told her it will be years to move her body? She needs to get those letters and apply, even if it’s invisible if this is back by doctors the evidence of this will really help the pip application go smoother

If she has limited mobility it's not an invisible disability.

Why are you refusing to answer the questions about Universal Credit and PIP?

She should be claiming those, and doing so wouldn't stop her going for further qualifications.

I assume that as she has already done her GCSEs she is a minimum of 16 you old now.

You can do A levels online or there's absolutely loads of courses available to do without leaving the house. Many are free to under 19s and/or those on a low income.
Not sure about any work activities solely online without any experience though.

She doesn’t need A-levels to study with the OU. they do a wide range of degree courses.

it’s going to be a at least a few years till she can walk/move her body much again.

an invisible disability ?

If university is her aim in the future, A levels and Access qualifications, the next step after GCSEs, are both available online. Some A level exam boards allow candidates to take exams at home but the cost of the invigilator is expensive. Access courses are coursework based.

Pip is a working benefit also there is employment support allowance although I think the name may be changes or changing if your dd wants to work or get into further education then I do think her getting into the system might help her find supported work, and again PIP is a working benefit it isn't means tested. Contact citizens advice.

The OP is being very mysterious and has not had said how old her DD is.

But in any case, assuming this is a purely physical disability, surely the most important things is to get some qualifications. With only GCSEs, the options for home based work would be very limited.

Yes this.

OK, you answered the benefits question, sort of.

I'd still push on with it though.

Her disability would be clearly visible, if she has difficulty moving her body.

You should still apply for benefits and PIP etc regardless. Don't base things on what others have said, find out for yourself.

There are plenty of way to study online for either A Levels or other qualifications like BTEC, or degrees from Open University etc. Have a look on Google or one of the home education groups (on here, or Facebook etc). Once she gets some higher qualifications she could look at provide online tutoring classes as income stream. There are companies she could join to find work for her, or once she's established and confident, she could advertise independently.

In terms of earning in the meantime, if she is into crafts then she could try her hand at that. One of my friends daughter makes personalised 'dough' people portraits and sells them on Etsy. I know others make jewellery, crocheting, felt animals, papercrafts, cards.