I'm writing from Georgia and looking for help. I have one five year old with autism. No daycare will take him. I have a sister and she refuses to babysit him. My mother refuses to babysit him. There are NO PROGRAMS for autistic children other than school, and during the summer the kids are just on their own. I was married but my ex-husband left because my son is stressful to him. He paid the lease until the end of September and after that, I have to move out because I don't have any income other than the 260.00 per month from SSI for my son. Rent is 600.00 without utilities. HUD and Section 8 are not taking any new applicants for the next few YEARS.
My son is not "bad" or undisciplined. He has hyperactive disorder and is very high energy and people don't have energy to be with him. Everyone keeps telling me to just give him up for adoption. I've been really depressed because I don't want to give him up for adoption and I will do anything to keep him.
I'm coming here to ask for help. I visited Chicago about 3 years ago and I've been researching that city a lot. The biggest thing I love about it is that they have a year round program for autistic children as well as after school programs. This would help me as I would be able to work to provide for him. The help I need is that if anyone has a vacant apartment in their home that they can allow me to live in for really cheap rent and/or not needing a job when I first move and/or without needing a deposit I would really appreciate it. You have no idea how much. I would prefer the home to be in Logan Square/Wicker Park/Avondale/Humboldt/Bucktown area because they seem to have a lot of programs for children with special needs in those neighborhoods, but any safe neighborhood would be great.
It would also be a great help if you have a job that you could offer me. I am trained as a customer service/clerical agent, but I work great with my hands and could be taught to do carpentry/maintenance/painting work, and I'm not a proud person so I would be happy to do maid service as well.
If you know of any programs that helps single mothers to relocate, that would very much be appreciated as well.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
-Personna
