Can anybody advice me
This might be quite long so apologies. I’m 19 and diagnosed with autism for 4 years. Apart from my autism, I experience regular hallucinations which can apparently be a part of autism. I also have an extremely bad memory, I find myself not being able to remember any conversation or tasks I am given. Until last year, I was under the impression that the Disability Allowance is assessed by parental income ( I live at home so this would’ve been an issue ). As I was under that impression, I had to work or else I would’ve had no income ( as I’ve mentioned, I do live at home so bills are not an issue however transport and day to day expenses are ). When I found out last year that it wasn’t assessed by parental income, I applied. At the time I was working, as I had very little choice for income. I was facing extreme burnout and mental exhaustion, and I was extremely disheartened when my application was disallowed as they believed that I was not incapable of working. I did appeal and was told the same. I applied again, as I don’t believe that I explained myself very well as I had no help filling the application out and I struggled filling it out. Since my last application, I had to leave my job as I was mentally exhausted. I’m currently stuck with no income, as I physically cannot work and I’m scared that I’ll be disallowed again so I’m not too sure what choices I have. I’m not sure if anyone else has experienced a similar situation, but any advice would be extremely appreciated. Also to add, I regularly attend a psychiatrist and I have evidence of brain scans that I’ve had to have done just incase the hallucinations were epilepsy, that came back clear but I’ve sent every bit of evidence I have along with the application I have currently.