Disabled Facilities Grant

LM1995
LM1995 Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
in Housing and independent living

We’re in the process of getting our house adapted to make it accessible for our son who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.


The council and our OT is trying to force a plan that wouldn’t work for our family. Our son would only have access through the back door and I am concerned about fire safety. They are trying to push the cheapest option.


Please let me know if there’s anything I can do to make them listen to me.

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  • Santosha12
    Santosha12 Online Community Member Posts: 4,133 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/144442/disabled-facilities-grant

    Hi @LM1995, A warm welcome to the forum to you first of all. I don't have any experience of adaptations as my bungalow was already adapted when I moved here.

    The fire service came to give me advice (I have 4 small dogs and wouldn't leave without them in an emergency so my escape route is through a living room window to the secure garden at the back) which is not ideal but is my choice. Is it worth you asking your local fire service to come to assess? I suspect they'd say you do all need access via the front and back door, especially if your kitchen is at the back. They might then confirm that for you to your council and OT and support the changes that you need.

    Hopefully someone else here with more appropriate/relevant experience might come along to give you advice. With very best wishes to you.

  • SheffieldMan1976
    SheffieldMan1976 Posts: 1,169 Connected

    My sister in law is a qualified Occupational Therapist, and has suggested stuff for us for me.

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