Student summer benefits - paying rent

Indie_Kid

I guess it would depend on how they're affected - a friend of mine does describe it as a disability. However, she is unable to talk and has sensory and behaviour problems.

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I don't understand how you can't have reconstruction on the NHS but you can if you have it done privately - it's either possible or it isn't!

The NHS won't pay for me to have any more surgeries as they don't deem reconstruction as life threatening but cosmetic.

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

Fridge2 wrote: »

I thought it was Aspergers you had?

It seems to me that you use the word "Autism" to make it sound more dramatic.

Yes, I am well aware it is on the spectrum as I also have Aspergers as you know from a previous thread. There is no way in a million years that I will allow my condition to be classed as a disability. It does a gross disservice to those who truly are. Despite the distress and pain that it also causes me, I decide to just get on with it.

I clearly remember posting my story in another thread thinking that it might prove useful and inspiring, but all you could do was turn it into some sort of personal attack on you.

In any case,in what way do you think your rights are compromised by being "autistic"?;) I haven't noticed any curtailment of my freedoms due to it...

Most people haven't heard of asperger's but it is a form of autism.

I felt like you were attacking me before because you have managed to work & I was on benefits although I did work until my cancer came back, maybe I just took it wrong as i'm geared now to be on the defensive.

Our situations are completely different if I hadn't gotten cancer when I was 24 I would probably never of got depressed as other serious issue's like getting my house repossessed or the father of my children walking out on me didn't make me depressed.

I didn't claim IB or DLA for asperger's it was for depression that having cancer caused, I didn't even know I had asperger's until recently.

Now my depression is put into a different context, ie it's a symptom of my asperger's as people with autistic spectrum disorders are more disposed to having mental health issues.

I never said having asperger's/autism effected my rights, it gives me more if anything.

Indie_Kid

Breast_Cancer_Survivor wrote: »

The NHS won't pay for me to have any more surgeries as they don't deem reconstruction as life threatening but cosmetic.

which it is!

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Perhaps they haven't learned yet that there's money to be made out of disability?;)

Do you not think i'd rather be normal & be able to function like a proper adult then receive £267 a month for being ill?

Yes I know you had cancer & you didn't get depressed, you are obviously a lot more wonderful then me

I found out I had cancer & asperger's in the same year that my husband left me as well as the hospital removing my lympth nodes & healthy breast by accident, did you.

You really can't compare our situations then can you.

You really are a cold hearted b$tch.

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

sh1305 wrote: »

which it is!

Yes but I didn't need any cosmetic surgery before they botched my surgery did I so therefore surely it's they're responsibilty to fix it?

bestpud

Breast_Cancer_Survivor wrote: »

Do you not think i'd rather be normal & be able to function like a proper adult then receive £267 a month for being ill?

Yes I know you had cancer & you didn't get depressed, you are obviously a lot more wonderful then me

I found out I had cancer & asperger's in the same year that my husband left me as well as the hospital removing my lympth nodes & healthy breast by accident, did you.

You really can't compare our situations then can you.

You really are a cold hearted b$tch.

Some people choose not to brandish their troubles all over the boards but that doesn't mean they've not had them!

There is no need at all for remarks like that!

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

poet123 wrote: »

I have taught quite a lot of students with Aspergers and none of them would say they were disabled. They have difficulties, not a disability.

It is classed as a disability but if I hadn't gotten cancer & had the problems that happened afterwards I probably would of been fine.

Ive never been able to hold a job down or work as part of a team though so I guess when going for a job where you need to have good social skills & work as a team I am at a disadvantage.

I think that being diagnosed late in life has made it harder for me to accept as my kids seem to cope with it alot better than I have.

It certainly seems like you have a better prognosis if you are diagnosed as a child as you get alot more help & support which isn't available as an adult.

Indie_Kid

Breast_Cancer_Survivor wrote: »

It certainly seems like you have a better prognosis if you are diagnosed as a child as you get alot more help & support which isn't available as an adult.

They do? I never remember my brother getting any support. Well, the only "support" he got was medication - which he refused to take.

sulkisu

As this thread has gone completely off topic (it is supposed to be about benefits for students during the summer holiday), perhaps it's time to lock it (let's face it, moderators are quick enough to close threads when they think we are 'not being kind to users'.

OP - as others have said, you won't be entitled to anything. All that you can do now is some serious job hunting (agencies, knocking on doors, cold calling every business/shop in the phone book to see if they need anyone even just temporarily, handing out c.vs etc) to see you through the summer. For next year, you now know that your grants/loans etc are meant to last for the full 12 months, make sure that you budget accordingly and spend wisely.