Hello, I'm a 43yr old man who was born a triple amputee. My wife and I have a 6-month old son and being parents has been the biggest challenge of our lives (but also wonderful too!).
We're really struggling to find any advice/support specifically for families where one parent (or both) is disabled but the child is non-disabled.
We are not eligible for local authority support financially because we are over the savings threshold, but would really appreciate some external funding from somewhere so that we can maintain or maybe increase the childcare help we desperately need.
We're having to pay for a doula to come each week to give my wife some vital respite, because she is doing the vast majority of the childcare whilst also still looking after me to a certain extent and keeping the household running. My wife has had to give up work to look after us all, so we are relying on my self-employed earnings alone.
We've been passed between our local council's adult and children services teams and are getting very frustrated. Are there any charities or grant-giving organisations who might consider us for some financial support?
Having been a disabled child myself many moons ago, I know how hard my parents had to fight for me on various issues, but I'm finding that the support for disabled parents is even less/worse!
Thank you, Andy2481
