Disabled, Housebound And Unable To Afford A Wheelchair For Freedom
I am, chronically ill and disabled and also housebound. That means I never leave the house other than for medical appointments.
I live on just a few hundred pounds a month, so little that I couldn't afford to rent anything anywhere. If I wasn't so lucky as to live here, I would be on the streets even being disabled.
Where I live, you can't get wheelchairs for free unless you can use them in your house. I live in the smallest place and it wouldn't even open inside, that is how small it is here! I need an electric one as I can't push myself along due to my health.
So I have to crowdfund an electric wheelchair. That shouldn't be a thing in 2022!
Disabled people should get the equipment they need.
Sadly I haven't raised much so it could take years to raise enough, assuming kind people want to help me.
I haven't been outside of the front door for years other than for a couple of hospital appointments. That is it.
As someone who loves nature, animals, trees, fresh air, mountains etc, I never get to see any of them.
It is bad enough that I can't get enough money to live off as I can't work but the government only give me a couple of hundred a month which leaves me with a few pence a day for food. 60p MAX a day for food. Doesn't give me enough at all.
No grants that can get me a wheelchair, no relatives alive to help, no way to get one other than raising enough money which is unlikely.
If you wish to help, you can from anywhere in the world.
I really hope I can get an electric wheelchair one day. It shouldn't be like this. I shouldn't feel like a prisoner of the house but I am and I do.
I don't even feel fresh air on my face as I can't go outside.
You have no idea what it feels like to be stuck inside for years.
From the Covid pandemic, some countries had lockdown so you will have a faint idea what it is like. But imagine inside 24/7 with no money. No money for anything you need. That is how I am.