I never done a post of any sort but here goes...
reposted August 27, 2010
I need advise!
I was laid off, my son's father was laid off three days after I was, my son's a nonverbal autistic. I'm losing my house. I make too much on unemployment to quaifly for Social Security/diability for my son, which to add insult to injury when I applied for SSI/disabilty for my son who is 10 they asked first "why I had never applied before?" to which I answered I didn't need the money we were OK up until now. I applied only to find when I did need the help that I was denied based on an unumployment check. So soon we will be homeless. Trying to save for a rent deposit is impossible plus I still need to save money for a laywer for the bankrupcy for the house. One of our cars was just repossessed (both vehicles are in my name). This is just such a bad situation. My son's father still lives in the house, although we are no longer a couple. We are just functioning this way as we have nowhere to go, neither of us has realtives we can turn to. I need to get out of the house away from him. Don't get me wrong he's not overly violent or anything like that...but I can't handle this situation any longer as far as the stress of living together. From what I've read so far I don't qualify for any housing assistance just based on my unemployment check and even if I did I keep reading about three year waits. I tried also contacting different Autistism Groups and was told to apply for grants for the following year and again I was told why hadn't I done this years ago. I thought you didn't ask for help until you need it! I had the same job for almost 10 years things WERE good, now it's not and I keep getting shot down. Am I missing something, is there an organization I can turn to. I feel so hopeless.
