How is the cost of living crisis impacting you?

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Ross_Alumni

Good afternoon  

Scope are trying to find out how families with disabled children are being impacted by the Cost of living crisis.

 

We’d like to know what issues you are experiencing during the cost of living crisis? What is your primary worry at this time? For example, food, fuel, energy or something else?

 

This will directly inform what Scope focuses on for upcoming work on this.

Thanks  

bg844

My sister has a young disabled daughter, she said she has definitely felt the squeeze. With her daughter requiring frequent supervision through both the day and night she obviously uses much more electricity and gas than a normal single parent with a disabled child needing machines plugged in (when the child isn’t at school).

During the day in order to try and curb a tiny proportion of her energy bills she is switching everything off that she can, in the supermarkets she said she has definitely made the little changes. For example, buying own brand cereal instead of Weetabix and others which are very expensive. 

Other than this though she does not really feel the pinch too extreme. Her daughter (my niece) and herself do receive maximum support in benefits and feel well looked after, she has made them few changes just to make sure she is doing the best she can. I do definitely feel sorry for those who are struggling even with maximum support, where we live things are cheaper compared to the South.

As for myself as an adult, I have definitely seen things rise and it does look scary how much things will end up being but until things rise too extreme luckily I should just be able to stay on top at this current time.