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10:05am November 14, 2013

What do I do?

Someone just contacted me (or at least, I just found the notification, which may not be the same thing) on my caregiver abuse post on my main blog, saying that her live-in caregiver has been abusing her for a long time (really long time) and she wants out of this.

I’m still recovering from surgery and I don’t have as much cognitive, physical, or financial resources as people seem to usually expect out of a “well-known disability blogger”.  Even at the best of times.  Let alone now.

Does anyone know what to do in a situation like this?

I’m scared anything I thought of first would just screw it up even more.  I know that abuse situations are really delicate, because I’ve been in them before.  At the same time, I know how desperate they are and how important it is to have help.

Does anyone know what to do?

I haven’t even posted the comment on my blog yet because I wanted to get advice first.

Notes:
  1. clatterbane reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    I’m late seeing this, but boosting in case someone else can offer better advice here.
  2. fullyarticulatedgoldskeleton reblogged this from olddisabledautisticmofo
  3. olddisabledautisticmofo reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone
  4. madeofpatterns answered: Can I reblog this to my main blog? I don’t know what to do but some of my followers might
  5. andreashettle answered: Normally my old social work training would lead me to suggest she contact Adult Protective Services–or do you fear that cld make it worse?
  6. wintergrey answered: I think locating a disability advocate either in their area or online is a good start as they’ll need constant support and legal advice.
  7. beowulfstits-archive answered: do you want me to signal boost this? i wish i knew how to help
  8. withasmoothroundstone posted this