u/millimilia

This isn’t my own child but my brother who is 13 and profoundly autistic. My mother is unable to cope, they’ve tried everything and exhausted all options.
She’s now heavily considering to place my brother in a residential care home permanently and I’m struggling to find many experiences of this process / how it played out for a children under the age of 18 online.

If someone could share theirs, I’d be grateful.

And please, no hate comments. Unless you’ve lived with a profoundly autistic child and were subjected to years of violence and abuse as a parent, you wouldn’t understand the situation. It’s not an easy decision for her either.

- Sorry two posts and new account, I promise I just need some advice, stay anonymous and not spamming. Hope that’s ok, if not please remove this -

I’m taking my children to receive their childhood vaccinations tomorrow morning. Currently, all four of them are unvaccinated and the GP will start them all on their own individual schedules to minimise side effects or reactions. My eldest child is 7, youngest 18 months.

If someone could offer some reassurance for older children or children that received their jabs later than expected and how they tolerated them, that would be very helpful for me to read. How were the side effects? Currently I’m preparing for a long evening tomorrow with lots of cuddles, pizza and tv. I stocked up on chocolate as well.

I’d also really appreciate advice on how to explain vaccinations to older children. So far, I’ve explained that they’ll be receiving a medication to make sure they are protected from illnesses that can be dangerous but of course they don’t want to go as I mentioned that the medication can feel like a tiny sharp scratch. Perhaps that wasn’t the best approach now that I’m thinking but I wanted to be honest. TIA!!

Sorry for the new account, I didn’t want to use my personal one for this question.

I recently left my husband. My two oldest children were home educated and I’ve just made a request for an in-year admission in the hopes that they can start in October or even September, however I know that this isn’t a guarantee. My youngest would need to attend nursery so that I can work. I applied for jobs and I’m in the final stages with two positions and it’s looking like I might be receiving offers which would be amazing. However, I need childcare to actually work.

My questions:

1. Would I have to pay out of pocket while unemployed for nursery? My start date for work wouldn’t be until end of September / early October
2. If the in-year admission gets rejected, is there anything else I can do to ensure my older children can join public education?

And really any other advice would be appreciated while I’m trying to navigate this situation about working as a single mother. TIA!!