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I think the most important thing for me to say here first is please forgive me if I offend anyone by posting; I feel like an intruder, at best, on your forum...

I am very aware that I won’t be around forever and whilst I have a trust in place to help financially with my lovely son I am so worried about everything else...

My daughter lives in supported living with 5 other people. It's a typical bungalow with 6 bedrooms and a communal lounge and kitchen. They have a care...

I am using my daughter small tablet to write this. Suddenly followings years of being assessed for direct payments client contribution service user ie ( my...

Or just walk tentants with special needs to the shop. They can do a lot more than that and should be supported with ironing or cooking every day or paying...

We would love to hear from any parents or carers who have gone through the Deputyship (or Nomineeship) process recently. We have had some solicitors give us an...

My son with profound learning disabilities is going into supported living and I’m all confused about benefits? Will he get: PIP - mobility and care...

Hi there, I live with my two sons 29 and 26. Both have autism and are quite able. 29 year old works part time and receives ESA. He can travel on public...

I'm a trustee of a disabled person's trust. It was setup to 1, enable us to manage the assets and 2 to keep assets out of means testing (mostly for social...

Hi does anyone receive a carers budget & if so what can they spend it on? I’ve requested funds so I can use a laundry collect & drop off service. Would it be...

Hi, I’m looking at Assisted Living for my LD son (28) and thoroughly overwhelmed with it all. I have contacted Social Services but am struggling to get the...

Hi there. Help needed.I'm struggling at the mo with my,severely mentally disabled sister. Hubby recovering from cancer. I still have to work. Had panic...

Hi, I've just replied on a thread from a few days ago about supported housing etc but thought I'd make a new post about it. My son is nearly 28, autistic and...

hello all, I need help with a discretionary trust that I need to set up for my daughter, my head is spinning at the moment on what to do, I’ve been on a...

Hi Just wondering... Has anyone got any experience of ASC funding for care support where the adult has their own accomodation. Thanks all

I go around my friends house for a few beers regularly, He lives in another suppered living but without 24/7 staff and he lives with somebody with an...

especially people with intellectual disabilities and/or serious mental health disabilities. I hate feel anxious about these proposed benefit changes.

Hi my son is 31. He has autism (but went thru mainstream schools) and is now obese. He lives at home and was made redundant last year after working as a driver...

My son is 18 with MCI,LD and numerous complex needs I am looking into assisting living with 24 hour supervision/support waiting list is long so I'm thinking of...

my mental ill son has been denied LD input because he has qualifications from collage, they won’t even do a IQ test, what needs does a person need to get KD...

Hi everyone, I'm Mohammed. I'm new to Mencap and very interested in learning more about learning disabilities. I'm approaching this with an open mind and a...

Has anyone else experienced what my family are going through? We've all 3 been told to go No Contact with our eldest daughter who it seems does not wish to see...

DWP plan to switch me from ESA to UC sometime this year, but I'm anxious about the move and the potential challenges. 16-hour workdays are not feasible due to...

Please can anyone tell me how you get a private genuine social worker

Hi all, i was wondering if someone could help me. I am a mental health nurse and I work in the community and today I have met a gentleman with down syndrome....

my daughter has moved into supported living after 28 years in residential, Challenging behaviour and very little communication skills so does not know how to...

Hi I'm going through the process of my 48yr old son with LD going into supported living we have been told there is a place becoming available soon who the...

my son is 27 autistic with severe learning disabilities he still loves at home with us does anyone know can he live in his house with carers although it would...

Adult safeguarding have got involved due to concerns of risk my son poses to himself and myself and husband whilst at crisis.A safeguarding meeting was held...

My son is 21 and has Prader Willi Syndrome and Autism. Since becoming an adult he has lost all his health care. He eats compulsively (PWS), is type 2 diabetic,...