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?

Loads of disabillities affect people differently
Its about how the disabillity affects a person s
Not the disabillity itself
Many people in receipt of PIP do work .

Maybe OP lives in Wales, we still have the old letter-based grades here.

There are a number of invisible disabilities that can leave people with very limited mobility. Arthritis, ME, EDS to name but a few.

How old is she OP.

Does she have an EHCP? If not get this sorted and get them to fund an online school for A levels.

Reach out to a charity to support with the PIP process.

It is a physical disability, a rare neurological condition

what I meant was if you just looked at her for however long those PiP people do? You wouldn’t think she was THAT disabled. Looks young and healthy.

It’s not Invisible then is it!

someone who has limited ability to move their body doesn’t have an invisible disability.

You can see that someone can’t sit to stand easily. You can see someone can’t raise their arm up.

Which is why i said England at least.

You submit evidence with the forms, it's not all based on the ATOS assessment.

My brother has epilepsy, he didn't have to have a seizure in front of the assessor to prove it.

That’s not how the pip process, (just off looks) goes despite the horror stories and even if it did you’d appeal, if this is a rare neurological condition and with what the doctors have said you will have plenty of evidence to support the claim.

@Lele101 it doesn’t matter what it looks like, does she have the relevant paperwork and diagnosis? That’s what she’ll be needing.

Really, she should get whatever she’s entitled to even as a worst case scenario. You never know what’s around the corner and then that’s money that’s hers no doubt. She’s entitled to it.

So what disability does she have then? There may be others on here with the same/similar who could give you specific advice.

If you have consultant reports stating how it affects her then submit those.

my ds is an ambulant wheelchair user. His legs will stop working anytime I’d say for no reason other than his neurological condition.

Doesn’t stop him being a swimmer and also getting enhanced pip. He works as a software developer as he can do that whether he can stand and move or not!

They dont just look at her they will be taking into account medical reports etc

i think we just heard/read too many horror stories.

You can do A levels online.

If she's 18, here's the plan:

Apply for PIP.
Apply for an Education Health and Care needs assessment - you'll need to contact your Local Authority to make the application.
Apply for Universal Credit and declare the disability, asking for a work capability assessment.
Contact social care and ask for a needs assessment.

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.
Well, one way to find out is to apply! They may say no, but you've nothing to lose by trying and they might say yes. I wouldn't take too much notice of relatives/friends anecdotal stories about their experiences, they'll all have different health conditions to your daughter, so whether they got awarded a benefit or not isn't really much of a guideline. Even if it's a no, you do have the option of an appeal, and given the fact a significant amount of appeals are successful ( i've been through two of them) again, it's worth doing.

im guessing fibromyalgia… which is very tricky re pip certainly the direction of travel

I don't think you understand what an invisible disability is. It means that it isn't immediately obvious just to look at a person.

How old is she?

Yes but she has a medical condition with I'm assuming care needs or extra expense it isn't all about how she looks !

No, not fibromyalgia

The OP’s daughter can’t walk or really move

or would need a wheelchair

so not invisible

Is your daughter an FND sufferer OP? Many people with this condition claim PIP. If it is. Lots of support online for this

I’d give a PIP claim a go if your daughter is genuinely disabled, that’s what it’s for. Other than that, open uni modules, distance learning courses at local colleges, typing and data entry roles, some call centres have WFM options, just look up WFH jobs there are more and more of them out there these days.

Just put in a claim for PIP, outlining the difficulties that your Daughter has, due to her condition. Submit the medical evidence with the claim form. It does not matter what other people have faced, if anything at least you will know what to do if her claim is dismissed.