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?

customer service apprenticeship while WFH would be possible am sure.

Are you saying that a PIP assessor, with the application form in front of them detailing the condition the applicant has declared, would take one look at someone and think they don’t have the disability?

If this is for real, please stop depriving your DD of what she is entitled to just because of what you’ve read in the media. No, disability benefits are not easy to get. Yes, that is set to get harder. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t even bother trying to get her what she is entitled to!!

You can study for a degree from home, depending on her interests etc. Would need to an access course first/A levels or the equivalent.
Claim PIP- maybe even UC.

I would ignore the horror stories
People post when they dont get the award they think they are entitled to not so much when they get correct awards
And whilst yes there are mistakes made there is an appeal process .

I have a life long disability I "look" healthy NOT YOUNG sadly 😃 but I just look like an "ordinary person", it isn't always disability aids or looking ill.or whatever you have going through your head op.

There are lots of invisible disabilities that leave people basically unable to walk due to pain or fatigue. FND, ME, EDS are all classed as invisible disabilities that can leave people with very limited mobility.

So what are you daughter interests, because there are loads of open university courses.

Unless I've missed something there's nothing here that says what the daughter would like to do ?

No nothing yet, posters have asked though.

Rude!!!

I perfectly understand.

A physical disability could be invisible for anyone with all 4 limbs who’s sat down except for a few conditions.

my ds wouldn’t look disabled sat on a dining chair - no paraplegic would! He has a rare neurological condition.

PIP isn’t about what someone looks like.

Repeatedly

I have experience of having a DD with a severe 'invisible disability' so do get where you're coming from. Remember that the benefit changes haven't happened yet and hopefully it will be diluted along the way. It shouldn't stop your DD for applying for PIP if she is housebound and is entitled. You will have medical evidence to support her claim and I would urge you to use this. Claiming PIP is separate to work based benefits. I recommend a website called Benefits and Work which gives lots of support and guidance. My DD studied for an A Level with Nisai Learning (though it was a few years ago now) and is now studying with the Open University.

How old is she? Should she still be studying at school or college if she's under 18? If so she could study from home in whatever subject she wants to do work in. As long as she's been deregistered from the school system she only has to study 6 hours per week home school. That can be any subject at all as long as she has a good grounding in maths and english too. If needed to repeat these, she could study these online and there's no requirement for an exam at the end of it. She could then be free to study any subject she likes online, that could be useful when, we hope, she is back to fitness again.
I'm home tutoring my granddaughter that lives with us in the same way and she's studying health and beauty online, with the only costs being for the certificate at the end.

Can she use her hands! If so, there are many types of remote work possible using a computer at home…
editing TV/films, editing photographs for journalists, journalism, typing, proof-reading, translating, software programming, marketing etc etc

No. I am saying that there are a number if disabilities that are classed as invisible disabilities as they aren't obvious when you are looking at someone. AsD and ADHD are two. FND, ME and EDS are conditions that are considered invisible but can still significantly impact mobility.

Honestly OP, I get PIP and I guarantee you they are not just going to look at her and base their assessment on that. I won't pretend that the health assessments are anywhere near perfect, but they will be taking into account how her particular condition can affect someone. It's not quite the generic "one test fits all (therefore no-one)" that many people think it is.
Also, none of these benefit changes are coming into affect right now, so it's worth getting the applications in sooner rather than later.

She needs to check if she’s entitled to any benefits for her disability.

Then think about what her skill are. What is she good at? what kind of work could she do?

Elderly people can’t make new claims for PIP. Existing claimants can continue but new claims for those of state pension age are for attendance allowance.

If DD 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 then DD qualifies and you will have evidence of that.

I’m not sure how much it will help, with no accompanying work experience and the need to exclusively wfh..

So get your finger out and get on with the application for her benefits. Be persistent about it. You are doing her no favours by shying away from it

She can do qualifications and/or some work while claiming.

Why not apply for what you are entitled to. These benefits are intended to make your DD's life easier.

She won’t be able to work in booking keeping or accountancy without work experience, they’re vocational qualifications designed to be done alongside work. Besides, a chartered accountancy qualification costs tens of thousands of pounds even putting aside the fact you chat qualify without the requisite work experience along side studying

You said, and I quote

"It’s not Invisible then is it!"

My response was clearly in response to that.

My only comment about PIP was that OP should seek support from a disability charity to help with a PIP claim.

Why are you being so mysterious? Why did you post if you are not answering questions and communicating with us.
It's all a bit odd.

Surely these horror stories aren’t as bad as sending a severely disabled person out to work?!