Introduction and background information

Little_Miss_Petite

Hi everyone, I am completely new here! A brief summary of my last few years will follow. My longterm partner and I have one daughter who is 18. She was fit, happy, healthy, doing very well at school until puberty. At 13, everything changed. She experienced horrendous pain along with chronic migraines and nausea. She and I pursued diagnoses - endometriosis, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, PoTS, fibromyalgia, autism. She can barely walk now, and we suspect that she has a degenerative illness that no-one has figured out yet (bear in mind that we suspected the above conditions and then sought relevant specialists privately). I applied for PIP for her and this was granted. She is attending school (A Levels) for 3 hours per week. She might take just 1. She will not be able to study or work after taking the A Level as she is very ill. We have no other benefits...But I am wondering if I should help her to apply for UC or ESA for NI credits? I don't understand the benefits system, but I know that it will be difficult to continue to support her without additional financial help. Any ideas would be very much appreciated. Thank you for your time 😊.