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Practical information and peer support for disabled parents
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I am a single parent with little to no support with raising my child. I'm currently going through the process of getting my osgood schlatters disease fixed (fingers crossed) but this may require me to have invasive surgery on both knees. Which will make looking after my 3 year old a little, impossible. I'm aware that the hospital may offer me support afterwards for myself. But I'm wanting to know if there's any help out there that covers the care of my child that I won't be able to provide. This is my main concern. Or would I have to rely on family? (which I have very little left of and no one is able to take the time out of their lives to provide the help).
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I've read about the best ways to deal with your child, which in my current case with a one year old, is to pick them up so to move them away from where they shouldn't be, which is most of the time at the moment.
What can/should I say or do to me avoid having to get up and physically move him?
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Are there any stair gates which still allow a wheelchair over them and don't obscure much of the door way itself?
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So, I'm a 26 year old disabled parent who loves my children but now they are both at school and nursery I'm desperate to get into work. I have a
Lot of qualifications but nowhere will employ me because i can't walk independently, so would struggle to get to and from work and get from 'a' to 'b' in the workplace. Do any of you work and if so what do you do? I'd love an admin or reception position preferably in the field of health and social care because that's my area of qualification. Is there any way I could get practical support to get to and from work or help in the workplace? X
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I'm feeling so much stress from working and looking after my children. I have spina bifida and I'm an amputee, my mood is so low! I really really don't want social service involved or my home adapted because I want my kids to have a *normal* upbringing. I have no family only the kids dad side of the family. I can't carry on much longer
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Hi I’m a single mum to a baby boy who just turned 1. I have Multiple Sclerosis and am unable to return back to work due to a worsening in my condition after the birth of my son. I would like to put my son in nursery 1-2 days a week so I can can work on my rehabilitation so my question is if there was any financial assistance available towards paying for childcare as I am unable to find anything online and direct gov has nothing on this subject.
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My partner and I would really like to have a baby but we are both blind. Family keep telling us that we should not do this as it will be too difficult. Can you advise?