Disabled parents and school

jetta_wales

Good for you lol.

blue_monkey_2

duchy wrote: »

Gosh fancy for claiming for everything-pot...kettle.

How do you know they didn't have whiplash -or are you just doing what you are accusing others on this thread of doing-Oh the irony !:rotfl:

Class post!! :rotfl:

blue_monkey_2

You still have not answered how you have coped with getting your daughter to and from school the last 2 years though?

Why is the journey only going to be a problem from April when you are awarded HRM?

SingleSue

I think what people are trying to say is that the need to get your children to school would come under your own mobility costs....for example, if you could walk easily, you would take them yourself but as you are unable to, then the money you receive should go towards the cost of someone else taking on that responsibility to make your life easier, thus meeting the additional cost of your disability.

I have three disabled children, only one receives DLA (HRC, LRM), I use mobility aids and it can be a nightmare getting them to school on one of my bad days. I claim no disability benefits, so I have to make sure I have a fully working car out of what we do receive. Some of youngest sons DLA goes towards this as without the car, he would not be able to get to school (it is quite some distance away and he does have mobility problems).

My car is not an expensive one (£461 from Ebay three and a half years ago), my insurance is not bad (20 years driving and no claims - touching wood very firmly now!) but fuel is a real killer as the boys have to be driven everywhere and have a multitude of appointments between them.

Even with my own problems (I cannot bring myself to say the D word) plus all of their own, we are not entitled to school transport.

jetta_wales

blue_monkey wrote: »

You still have not answered how you have coped with getting your daughter to and from school the last 2 years though?

Why is the journey only going to be a problem from April when you are awarded HRM?

Not once did I say the problem is new it has nothing at all to do with April my Social worker has been looking into it with me for many months now and before that my partner was out of work (recession affected tradesmen a great deal) and before that my Mum could help more as she hadn't had her heart attack yet. There have always been many days when we have had to do the school run alone (except for the months when my partner was at home) but now there are many more of them.

I could explain further but I don't wish to as the fact are irrelevant to you, you just have your back up because motability means a new car if we spent the £200 HRM on car insurance you wouldn't be having such a paddy. It's the same amount of money it would make no sense for us not to use motability if we are entitled to it since a car is essential to us and my mobility.

Oldernotwiser

jetta_wales wrote: »

We paid for it up front with card as the intrest was cheaper on card than with their credit but that's not possible this year and we had a tiny knock (the dent in their bumper was the size of a coaster) but of course they claimed for whiplash as everybody does these days. The quote this year was £1.6k then £1.9 with paying monthly and this policy and the last one were both 10 month policies. The first year was a 12 month but as named driver on my Dads policy, it was about £4k otherwise.

So, basically , your young man pranged the car and injured someone and you feel that the taxpayer should pay for the consequences of this.

jetta_wales

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

So, basically , your young man pranged the car and injured someone and you feel that the taxpayer should pay for the consequences of this.

You're getting quite ridiculous now and he's only 6 years younger than I am.

My question was answered a long while back.

Get over it.

blue_monkey_2

Personally, I don't car if you have a new car. it is your money you can spend it on what as you like you are entitled to it.

However, are you entitled to free transport to school? As your SW has been trying for ages, then I guess not. So why are you still trying to get it? Just accept it and pay for it yourself.

Oh... hold on. Why should you, how dare we suggest that.

What I do not like is your money grasping attitude that expects the taxpayer to pay to get your child to school when you already get money to do that. The child that you chose to have, the child that you knew that one day you would have to go to school and would need to get to school. Did you not think of the consequences of having a child with your disability?

And what did you do before your partner came along - because surely it was less than 4 years ago if he is only 20.

Had this disability been a new one I would be more understanding,but when you have a condition and then get pregnant and expect everyone else - except you - to bring that child up, then why should anyone here have any sympathy. I'd not really seen anyone that has your point of view on this tbh, everyone else can see that you are just money grabbing so it's not just me that feel like this.

One day you might take responsibility for your life choices such as having a child. But I doubt it. I expect someone else will be expected to pay for them.

Quick - let's twist this into 'disabled people should not have children' response. And before you bother, disabled people can have as many children as they want as long as theyhave a support network to help them and them not expect everyone else to pick up after them. if you social worker loses her job because there is no money to pay her, will you be happy as long as your child is getting free transport to school? It would be a cruel irony, wouldn't it.

blue_monkey_2

jetta_wales wrote: »

You're getting quite ridiculous now and he's only 6 years younger than I am.

My question was answered a long while back.

Get over it.

Someone is touchy about having a young man - he is young, he is a man. I wish I could say I had a young man.

That is one massive chip on your shoulder!!!

jetta_wales

Now I'm not bringing my children up either everyone else is but me? Keep it coming if you wish and that is what you want to spend so much time doing but your responses are just wild acusations and attempts at insults, baseless assumptions and judgments and mean nothing to me at all.