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I would just like to say that,
um,
the general CO
port is,
um,
interesting. Shall I say that?
I mean, currently. I mean,
I've been through hell,
Um, and I've come out the opposite side of it.
I mean, I I laugh about it because it's so to me. It's so silly, but,
um
but fortunately, I've
I had my out increased, which was quite pleased about,
um so I'm now able to have
about four p. A s.
Um,
which one is? One is flexible. So I can have them, as which, as and when I want them.
But I've got my main p a.
Which is
which Essex would my my my local authority would see as being
illegal, but I don't so never mind.
Um, but, um, basically,
my brother is here not living here because he is here because of my mental issues.
But we can't get that over to Essex.
So
So the local authority, because they won't listen.
Um, and
the problem I have now is trying to get a
personal health budget sorted because of the autism and the complex PTSD.
I've got the contact. He's just trying to get them to
move.
Um, for the additional support which they count, the local authority will not,
um, seem to lift their or get off their backside and actually do something.
Um, and it's almost like
if you've had the original assessment,
you then have to wait another year for another review for them to change it,
which is absolutely ridiculous,
because I know there are other people in the same boat,
but the system
is crap.
Um,
and it needs, um,
basically a kick up the backside to bring it into the 21st century.
But
communications with social services are an all time low because
you have to go through this new,
um,
convoluted communication system to get anywhere.
So, um,
you just bombard them with, um
emails. And something else I want to do
is to find out through a Freedom of Information act, what's gone on
what communications have gone on in the background between the social worker and
the actual team manager to make sure they're not telling lies about me.
Because what Deirdre's gone through, they might have done it to me as well, but
anyway, but, um,
suffice to say
things are all right. Generally,
Yeah,
that's thank Thank you. Um, David.
And it's similar, I think in in in a lot of respects to I mean,
Robert's example was was much more positive, Um,
because he'd had a really good experience.
Although he's he's self funding now.
And I didn't get to ask him about the experience of being a self funder, Um,
in terms of obviously the care and support that he he needs,
but we'll follow that up with him another time.
Um, but, you know,
talked a lot about her experiences and what you're
describing there it it It sounds very similar in the
sense that does it feel like you're dealing with
people or or humans as as part of this,
or does it feel like
it just
It just feels like,
um,
if you are dealing with humans as if they've,
um,
they're the other side of the brick wall. I'm sorry.
I'm trying not to laugh, but it's ridiculous. Or if you are,
um,
if you're dealing or you're dealing with
a computer system that's controlled by an idiot
or um
oh, we're not in the office. So we're working from home.
But when you actually phone them? They say
they take forever.
And then they say, Oh, well, we we can't access your file for some reason,
Um,
because it's being dealt with by, um, as I said,
a stupid team manager who quite a few of us would like to.
I'm not. This isn't just me.
This is my P A as well. My main p A. Would like to pull up against a brick wall and shoot.
I hear the level of frustration
you know,
in in the way that you're talking around the kind of almost lack of humanity,
Um, in in terms of the experiences that that you're having,
um
and and it's and it's it's hard sometimes to to
communicate that back to to people in a way that
is,
ironically, not
not so much a personal kind of, um,
attack,
because you're recognising that people are stuck working within a computer
system or a system or a set of rules and regulations.
And what have you that make it incredibly difficult for things to
to shift or change in the way that helps you to live?
Um, that the life that they just
want to live,
they're just not
living in the world of reality, it's almost like they've had the brain transplant,
you know?
It was also like they've they've put this,
they've taken their normal head off and they put their
sorry
their their their their,
um
Their social services, lack of humanity, a lack of empathy couldn't care less, or,
um,
or we're gonna be facing a a period of austerity.
So we've given you a It's giving you some more money giving you some more hours,
but then we're gonna cut it
because I fear that's that's coming round the corner.
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