I need a new washing machine!

katieloumatt

affordmylife wrote: »

i wish someone would give me a free washing machine and pay for my holiday.

if i want one i have to go to work.

I cannot believe how rude this post is....

The OP has a DISABLED child for heavens sake,

KLM

katieloumatt

tiamai_d wrote: »

Mine has just given up. Can't get it open either...

DS2 is almost 4 and has cerbral palsy, is there anywhere we can get a discounted WM? Not due to reapply to the family fund till August.

Typically it happens when both kids are ill with that throat, ear and UTI infection so I have loads of dirty bed clothes to get clean. Currently using the bath but I'm also almost 20 weeks pregnant and it's not the best for my SPD.

No luck with freecycle, it's all 'wanted' ads, they are really greedy up this way.

Just thinking, do you have a Social worker who may be able to help?

KLM

tiamai_d

katieloumatt wrote: »

Just thinking, do you have a Social worker who may be able to help?

KLM

No we don't, he is almost 4 and we have only just got his education needs assessment appointment through.

Going to dip into the holiday fund and get one tomorrow, washed a load in the bath earlier and it's made me spot a little so not wanting to do that all the time. :rolleyes:

Thanks for your help though.

ellieo

if poland is so good i wonder why there are so many over here,claiming all the benefits they can,
i care for an adult and thats hard at times, never mind a child, hope you get sorted

kazzah

Timaidi
I am not sure if this charity will be able to help - but PLEASE make contact with them- they seem a really nice bunch of people and may be able to get the machine repaired if nothing else
http://www.thegentlemensnightout.co.uk/

thankfully there are VERY nice people out there in the world who appreciate their luck and are happy to share it with those less fortunate than themselves
I wish you well - when you have a child with a disability, life is just SO much harder than people can ever imagine
my own son could not walk until he was 4 and carrying him and his younger brother places and lifting in and out of cars etc etc and up and down stairs was NO joke
before people mock and criticise they should try and walk in your shoes for a few days.
sending you the best of wishes

Old_Git

katieloumatt wrote: »

Just thinking, do you have a Social worker who may be able to help?

KLM

dont be silly ,a social worker will not do the washing for you :rotfl::rotfl:

novelli

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

Me too.

In fact, the vast majority, if not all parents of disabled children in Poland have to work in order to afford holidays and to wash their clothes. UK citizens are very, very lucky in this respect.

Yes really lucky to have a disabled child to care for and have to fight tooth and nail for any support, not be able to work because you are a carer on 24/7 duty and as for the special needs education, well yes these kids are truly lucky if they ever get the schooling they need!!!!!
Until you have cared for a disabled child you have absolutely no idea whatsoever how difficult it can be.
Walk a mile in someones shoes before you judge them!!!!
Seek first to understand THEN to be understood!!!

katieloumatt

novelli wrote: »

Yes really lucky to have a disabled child to care for and have to fight tooth and nail for any support, not be able to work because you are a carer on 24/7 duty and as for the special needs education, well yes these kids are truly lucky if they ever get the schooling they need!!!!!
Until you have cared for a disabled child you have absolutely no idea whatsoever how difficult it can be.
Walk a mile in someones shoes before you judge them!!!!
Seek first to understand THEN to be understood!!!

Absolutely spot on.... It makes me so mad when people spout on about situations they have no comprehension of.

I work in a children's hospice, and day in day out see parents of children with severe complex needs and ALL with life limiting illness. They face constant battles just to get through each day. If someone needs help they need help!!

KLM

Broken_hearted

Will agree if you replace child with person. It is hard to care for a disabled person whether they are 1 or 100.

PolishBigSpender

novelli wrote: »

Yes really lucky to have a disabled child to care for and have to fight tooth and nail for any support, not be able to work because you are a carer on 24/7 duty and as for the special needs education, well yes these kids are truly lucky if they ever get the schooling they need!!!!!
Until you have cared for a disabled child you have absolutely no idea whatsoever how difficult it can be.
Walk a mile in someones shoes before you judge them!!!!
Seek first to understand THEN to be understood!!!

What are you talking about?

I'm simply informing you that in many European countries, even the wealthier ones - parents don't have a choice, they have to either work or do without. Even if you have a severely disabled child in Poland, you're expected to work to pay for it as part of your parental obligation. I know of one mother locally who has to care for her child during the day, then has to work at night - how she does it, I don't know, but this is the reality of the situation here.

In this respect, disabled children in the UK are extremely fortunate.