u/KeenBTF

I provided after-school care for an 8 year old boy. First note is that I am Autistic, so this isn't against kids with the tism.

This was Monday-Friday from the time he got home from school to the time his mother got off of work, usually 3-4 hours a day, all school year.

He is a higher support needs boy who has to take a transport service home because he can't take the bus. Nearly every day I got an earful from the transport service about how difficult the boy was (wouldnt buckle, throwing things at the drover, screaming the entire ride, wouldnt get in/out of the car, etc). Sometimes after he got to my house he would be fine sitting and having a snack while reading or playing with toys. Most days though he would go sit on the hill behind my house and scream. Blood-curdling scream. I got reports from neighbors constantly. If you touched him at all, or of he thought you were going to, he would fly into a fury and bite, kick, and scream.

My whole family, and even my dogs, were miserable with him at our house.

He ended up causing me to have a mental breakdown. I told the mother that $300/month was not enough to be able to keep doing the job as I needed to be able to buy more supplies to care for him, and me, properly. She insulted me and went no contact and I haven't seen or heard from her since.

AITA for asking for higher pay, or should I have sucked it up and watched him anyway?

This happened years ago and it still preys on me.

In October 2025 we moved in to an apartment. There are over 160 units in this complex, all divided between buildings with 6-8 units per building, sprawled over a large area, with the roads and sidewalks being on very steep hills.

There is one (1) handicap parking space by my unit, which is next to a ramp, to be shared between 4 buildings, each of which has 8 units. The single space is always filled by an aged military veteran.

I sent a request for additional parking spaces. They closed the request immediately and said it's on their to do list. After 6 months there had been no change so I sent another request. They said they can't add more spaces because they have to be next to ramps. Guess they don't want to add more ramps? I asked for a designated parking space. They said they don't do designated parking but I could submit a reasonable request form.

I got it filled out by my doctor and had my son bring it to the office. They returned it, saying I had to fill out the area in the gray box (which was marked as to be filled out by office staff). I filled out the area with my name and unit, even though it was already on the form, and sent my son back with it. They sent it back AGAIN, saying I had to fill out the \*entire\* grey box area, again even though it says it's to be filled out by office staff. I had my son make a copy of the form after I filled it out completely, and sent it back a third time.

After several weeks, I had not heard back and called them. They said they never got the form. I tried calling them to talk about it, but it hung up on me every time. Very irritated at this point, I gave the copy to my husband and asked him to bring it and get another copy before they took it.

He gets to the office and asks about it, they said that they DID in fact have it already, and they'd let me know Monday, but that they dont do designated parking spaces and that they have the legally required number of handicapped spaces for the complex. The other space are all 1/4+ mile away in front of other units.

Do I have any recourse here at all?? I feel very much like I am being led around until our lease is up so they can deny a renewal.

In October 2025 we moved in to an apartment. There are over 160 units in this complex, all divided between buildings with 6-8 units per building, sprawled over a large area, with the roads and sidewalks being on very steep hills.

There is one (1) handicap parking space by my unit, which is next to a ramp, to be shared between 4 buildings, each of which has 8 units. The single space is always filled by an aged military veteran.

I sent a request for additional parking spaces. They closed the request immediately and said it's on their to do list. After 6 months there had been no change so I sent another request. They said they can't add more spaces because they have to be next to ramps. Guess they don't want to add more ramps? I asked for a designated parking space. They said they don't do designated parking but I could submit a reasonable request form.

I got it filled out by my doctor and had my son bring it to the office. They returned it, saying I had to fill out the area in the gray box (which was marked as to be filled out by office staff). I filled out the area with my name and unit, even though it was already on the form, and sent my son back with it. They sent it back AGAIN, saying I had to fill out the \*entire\* grey box area, again even though it says it's to be filled out by office staff. I had my son make a copy of the form after I filled it out completely, and sent it back a third time.

After several weeks, I had not heard back and called them. They said they never got the form. I tried calling them to talk about it, but it hung up on me every time. Very irritated at this point, I gave the copy to my husband and asked him to bring it and get another copy before they took it.

He gets to the office and asks about it, they said that they DID in fact have it already, and they'd let me know Monday, but that they dont do designated parking spaces and that they have the legally required number of handicapped spaces for the complex. The other space are all 1/4+ mile away in front of other units.

Do I have any recourse here at all?? I feel very much like I am being led around until our lease is up so they can deny a renewal.

In October 2025 we moved in to an apartment. There are over 160 units in this complex, all divided between buildings with 6-8 units per building, sprawled over a large area, with the roads and sidewalks being on very steep hills.

There is one (1) handicap parking space by my unit, which is next to a ramp, to be shared between 4 buildings, each of which has 8 units. The single space is always filled by an aged military veteran.

I sent a request for additional parking spaces. They closed the request immediately and said it's on their to do list. After 6 months there had been no change so I sent another request. They said they can't add more spaces because they have to be next to ramps. Guess they don't want to add more ramps? I asked for a designated parking space. They said they don't do designated parking but I could submit a reasonable request form.

I got it filled out by my doctor and had my son bring it to the office. They returned it, saying I had to fill out the area in the gray box (which was marked as to be filled out by office staff). I filled out the area with my name and unit, even though it was already on the form, and sent my son back with it. They sent it back AGAIN, saying I had to fill out the *entire* grey box area, again even though it says it's to be filled out by office staff. I had my son make a copy of the form after I filled it out completely, and sent it back a third time.

After several weeks, I had not heard back and called them. They said they never got the form. I tried calling them to talk about it, but it hung up on me every time. Very irritated at this point, I gave the copy to my husband and asked him to bring it and get another copy before they took it.

He gets to the office and asks about it, they said that they DID in fact have it already, and they'd let me know Monday, but that they dont do designated parking spaces and that they have the legally required number of handicapped spaces for the complex. The other space are all 1/4+ mile away in front of other units.

Do I have any recourse here at all?? I feel very much like I am being led around until our lease is up so they can deny a renewal.