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?

I was thinking more AAT or ATT than chartered but if she wanted to pursue chartered then you can do the study and examinations and become exam qualified and then obtain the necessary work experience at a later date. The work experience can also be remote (I qualified during Covid so everything was remote!)

@Lele101hi OP, is it FND or similar? If so then I’ve helped a few people with FND claim PIP successfully. It’s about really really getting across the need, and the unpredictability of the condition. Obviously stress can be a trigger, so I wouldn’t overload your daughter too much. If it’s not for financial reasons but for purpose/ self esteem etc what about becoming a befriender? You can basically write letters to either old people or other young disabled people. Or you can call them? But that might be too much pressure or not suitable.

Who is going on take on an unknown fully remote worker and support their AAT? Or anything else? I’ve been hiring in finance for 20 years and have never heard of such opportunities

i do notice not one poster is linking to applications to these widely available purely wfh jobs. The tide is turning on wfh anyway, and so many of these types of jobs were offshored many years ago

She would enjoy/like to do anything really. She doesn’t mind. Especially maybe tech/computers/finance

she is 25.

as long as it pays, she’d like to do it, doesn’t matter what

Not sure if it’s legit or not but my DD’s friend makes money on TikTok as a digital marketer

I think you need proper advice OP, you seem to have very little idea where you stand and I don't think that's doing your DD any favours. People here are also asking how old your DD is and we'd need to know that (those of us that are/have been in same position) in order to give you any advice. There are so many variables and many places you could get face to face support. Your DD may be able to do A levels at home, but that will depend on you being able to get help from your local authority and you will need to advocate for her.

PIP assessors don't have to come and look at anyone. You can request it all be done by zoom or on the phone or they can do a paper based assessment from the GP or consultant's letters. Get that done first as it makes it easier to move on to universal credit.

We did have someone from the UC assessment team come round for 10 minutes to check my DD's identity but they weren't there to "look" at her illness, just her passport. During the visit they gave me a list of other things we might be able to claim and details of what other practical support was on offer locally.
Edited to say apologies I see you have now said she's 25 - cross posted.

So a proper adult then she really needs to start her life as independently as she can,.she needs to contact a disability advice centre you can google your area, and she needs to be In the system so a look on jobcentre plus about claiming benefit, also look at your local college for any online courses she can do.

There are loads of online schools. And if she can’t leave the house she’s entitled to that.

If she has 8 GCSEs and a/b I’m assuming her disability is not related to learning difficulties. In which case maybe look at home study courses for A levels. There are a variety of paid courses available if MIL is able and willing to fund, or the local authority or local adult education center may be able to provide free options. That would give the greatest long term opportunities if her health could improve..

If she wants some theory directly linked to a job then my question would be what does she want to do and what is she good at. If she is good at maths then bookkeeping can generally be done very part time from home and pays reasonably well per hour, professional courses are available for home study and although she may need to go into a centre to take an exam the organisers may be able to make exceptions for disability. Some forms of QA / proofreading / editing can be done from home. Or is she arty or crafty instead?

So she got the GCSEs 10 years ago? What has she done since or has she been unwell since then?

So your dd is 25 yet GCSEs are her only qualifications? How long ago did she become disabled?

It doesn’t matter if you think PIP might be difficult to get. If your dd can’t even leave the house due to her disabilities, then for goodness sake apply for it!!

or she should.

I crossed with this. For finance, look at AAT qualifications. The first tier is not expensive and then she can get work and see if she can build on it.

They don't even look at people applying for PIP. It's usually an assessment over the phone and they look at medical evidence, although they are talking about getting back to face to face assessments.

I thought she was sixteen.

What has she been doing for the last decade?

OK so 25 years old, she's now too old to get local authority help with education and online courses you normally have to pay something. If your DD could get PIP and LCWRA now, she'd have the support of an income to feed and clothe herself AND pay for further education if needs be.

Is there a charity specifically for her illness? Is it Ehlers Danos?
https://www.ehlers-danlos.org

Anyway regardless of what it is, if you google the name of the condition plus add "UK charity" to the search, you will then find initial support and get information on how and what can be claimed, you and your DD can sit down together and discuss. Did you get the housing issues you talked about previously sorted out?

I had a F2F assessment a few years ago although it might have changed again.

Being ill I should imagine; seeking a diagnosis? My DD is nearly 22 she was unwell from age 14 and we didn't get a formal diagnosis till she was 18. We didn't claim any benefits as I too assumed that she would make a miraculous recovery. When she was 19 the child benefit stopped and I just thought this can't go on. Now she has PIP and LCWRA and this has enabled her to study. We also got a grant through a charitable trust connected to her school to get a sewing machine (for example).

I’m assuming your DD is involved with local disability rehab services? If not she should be, particularly for a long term neurological problem.
Do you have disability work specialist or vocational rehabilitation workers in your local authority or nhs? You need to ask about this as it sounds like she needs help with working out what she can and can’t do workwise from a specialist in this area. That’s really the step before applying for jobs, then they can help her with advising on adjustments

What is stopping her applying for benefits herself? Find the application forms online for her and off she goes. At 25 with no additional education needs, she must surely be in a position to do this for herself. But maybe she is, and you are looking for information re work for her. She can also do that herself surely.

It sounds to me that while she may be physically disabled, albeit invisibly so, there is nothing wrong with her intellectual capability. So in order to boost her confidence she should apply for benefits and/or work herself, find disability support groups herself, do the legwork herself.

Is she able to do this - herself, with your guidance maybe?

Anyone remember the saying....talk amongst yourselves.....🤔

Whatever else she does, could she take this time to learn a language. It might open up TEFL or online/tutoring in the future .

Id ring the local colleges and see if they have a careers advisor who can suggest courses etc that may suit your DD and her disability.

if she’s good at languages could she do a translation service across the phone, or translate documentation etc.

Good advice from @FelloffaCliffedge - I think they'd also say why isn't she claiming PIP.

If it is CM, it is possible to study online, with support from the educational institutions. I did a double degree after several major operations, it’s hard, but very rewarding.