<div>My name is Marie, also known as Ree.
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<div>I am a <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/113239524946500125844/photos" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">disabled wheelchair user</a> with an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DUAhtPDDK1J/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">L4/L5 spinal cord injury</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SandwellMBCTenant/posts/pfbid0X1CkoatTn77hGec3MAHSNPMdMq2HrF7gPkvGqbqDQ45Gh4vc9FLSSoSxyDDaZG3fl" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">late identified</a> <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/wobblywanderer/context" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">autism</a>, <a href="https://youtu.be/AS5zT7M_dwQ?si=2D6QvUPaLOn9MC_m" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ADHD</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SandwellInclusion/posts/pfbid0ut77szvBU6kz2sQGSDFT7SSvbuw6tzMb8tiZpG72FTkBFH1qhP1jR1it5xh2JCLjl" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">alexithymia</a>, <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/wobblywanderer/reeos/translation-and-ai" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hyperlexia</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/0h4YxAG4oc0?si=XCeq-iN_t6W49SkA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">substantial</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZLHdDgAezmQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">mobility</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/r9v3Ttf1TxA?si=AOavpT9X4XRsmIn4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">access</a> needs.
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<div>I am raising funds for <a href="https://youtu.be/TyTPRJ9gl0M?si=RX7oRPPqKfTkuv2X" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">practical capacity</a>: help making my <a href="https://youtu.be/1p6yPWSrW44?si=T8lwf78S6MMwFHi_" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">kitchen usable</a>, repairing my mobility equipment, accessing transport, and <a href="https://black-audhd-evidence-timeline.mariemeronym.workers.dev/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">completing the administrative</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/XDT5VFfK1bU?si=bgP1uo6xVY2JIFRD" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">evidence</a> work needed to <a href="https://youtu.be/TyTPRJ9gl0M?si=RX7oRPPqKfTkuv2X" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">address outstanding safeguarding concerns</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DEIinSandwell/posts/pfbid0q6sdT2PctCZPvpA3LhLrePJbqWvtc3Ecx3354rKscFFdHfM4dJGa3jtZJPb12x3l?__tn__=%25252525252525252CO" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">resolve serious housing, benefits, healthcare and </a><a href="https://youtu.be/Bql24td1b_o?si=hqGsjnPJ6U3bJH63" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">social-care</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DEIinSandwell/posts/pfbid02KGPNvvyGtcqmeBnzNgxBBfrGtrDfoasAH7RB9umHqmNJZH2QwFdmNi8NEUPavxUkl?__cft__%25252525255B0%25252525255D=AZaGls8vkj50x8wjxux0VtwRcS7-Mx3O1WiDYFXra1hxwq8y3HKVYvD1gt-_9kbK4CxW0XTKKopzDFv3jRct_vH0flQoF_eeZKo2R0-fqGD15jbXic7yzp1cdMqUA3MvhrKDfi3mdKEvWGDUoQ2GpLgAA34DDiw9OEMTD7mzb1TAcQ8m-B1XbIVDkHNyteLUZAZJPyRNzf4JfuWuV09Oorj2B7RRHbJySkI2Loo_s6XUDw&amp;__tn__=%2525252525252CO%2525252525252CP-R" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">problems</a>.
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<div>I am <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mariemeronym_safeguarding-sandwellcouncil-shokatlal-share-7420324169612951552-Yn9B/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAD8bjKABr6-byMDXn4kC7AnHQIF6n2aycwA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">not asking</a> to be <a href="https://x.com/SandwellWoman/status/1989758014015115632" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">rescued</a>.
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<div>I am asking for <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/wobblywanderer/dca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">practical capacity</a>.
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<div>The immediate practical problem
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<div>I have kitchen counters, tools, materials and a pre-fitted sink ready to install.
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<div>What I do not have is the physical capacity or reliable practical support needed to install them safely. I can no longer lift the drills or manage the heavy work myself.
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<div>My bungalow also still requires basic access and safety work, including safe entry, a usable fire-evacuation route, garden access, wheelchair storage and changes to fixtures that obstruct or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mariemeronym_disabilityaccess-housingsafety-patientsafety-activity-7434991015272370177-vUvx?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAD8bjKABr6-byMDXn4kC7AnHQIF6n2aycwA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">injure me</a>.
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<div>My <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mariemeronym_accessibility-disabilityrights-inclusivedesign-activity-7434968786006507520-lgH8?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAD8bjKABr6-byMDXn4kC7AnHQIF6n2aycwA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Triride power attachment is broken</a>, significantly <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mariemeronym_healthcaredesign-hospitalaccessibility-nhsinfrastructure-activity-7436845409970515968-UBJW?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAD8bjKABr6-byMDXn4kC7AnHQIF6n2aycwA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reducing my mobility</a> and independence.
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<div>These are not decorative improvements. They determine whether I can cook, move through my home, attend appointments and continue the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariemeronymsmbctenant/details/projects/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">work needed to resolve the underlying problems</a>.
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<div>The <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2hRNqgrY8SYJXtaVxhSYKi?si=V3Rz36jbREmliPdJH97CJw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">administrative</a> problem
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<div>Universal Credit and housing-cost issues have remained <strong>unresolved since April 2024</strong>.
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<div>I have repeatedly tried to obtain an accurate fit note and appropriate support through appointments, emails, telephone calls, visits, a Jobcentre disability support worker and requests to attend with my own support worker.
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<div>At the same time, housing, adaptations, social care, healthcare, benefits and safeguarding concerns have been divided across different departments and organisations.
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<div>Each organisation sees its own <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7414002768509718528/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">fragment</a>.
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<div>I have had to become the missing interdepartmental communications system.
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<div>Why I need outside support
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<div>I have historically been the person who helped other people with technology, childcare, benefits, education, mental-health problems and practical crises.
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<div>I no longer have the physical or administrative capacity to continue doing that while also managing this situation alone.
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<div>My mother now 70 and needs extra support herself. I do not have a reliable informal support network able to provide the practical installation, mobility, advocacy and paperwork assistance required.
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<div>I have quietly accepted that reality rather than continuing to ask people who are not available to help.
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<div>This is not blame and it is not a request for pity.
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<div>It is the current capability map.
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<div>How donations will be used
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<div>Funds will be used flexibly, according to urgency, for:
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<div>safe practical help installing the kitchen counters and pre-fitted sink;
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<div>repair or replacement of my Triride power attachment;
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<div>transport to medical, legal, advocacy and housing appointments;
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<div>paid administrative or advocacy support where free support is unavailable or delayed;
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<div>scanning, organising and analysing evidence;
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<div>digital tools needed to complete the evidence project;
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<div>safe interim access equipment and household adaptations;
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<div>basic household stability while Universal Credit, housing-cost and related problems remain unresolved.
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<div>Practical help is also valuable. In particular, I would appreciate contact from appropriately skilled and reliable people who could help install the worktops and sink safely, or help locate an accessible tradesperson.
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<div>This fundraiser is not about replacing public services.
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<div>It is about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSLE5hDIt1hVzZT5ZXaIa1U7t3kOFGAMg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">surviving</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSLE5hDIt1hVAxsVKX0gCptTARJ_ppTSv" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">working</a> through the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSLE5hDIt1hUCqemLEMXvEy8_1quO29Og" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">gap created</a> when <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariemeronym/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">services delay</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DEIinSandwell/posts/2441247029718600:2441247029718600?__cft__%252525255B0%252525255D=AZYLtxH68jW_LjiZl6EP8IdUVxytGGv__gOA7lUmUGlJUwqh_NJKxX6ty9TuPMwIni51Ql8f0HsP0Kg-v7F1lnjpl566Ln0fO9_RjW6-i-3WHlMsoefYQzw11a6CeeRXHRSU-fZjcCRHJT29cq8MQaUZiWJjjkavIc_EKRdNE_yVM0mmZqDkuFwjfWAM9zWdjAyRzTdNDNl3XjXSoXblZ6_k&amp;__tn__=%25252525252CO%25252525252CP-R" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">divide responsibility</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DEIinSandwell/posts/pfbid029cMhLtL63uygY4MWFhGfDR7gjdZasinY8baVt8wLuc57UzZjaEx73461etqw5yWHl?__cft__%252525255B0%252525255D=AZbUQLcj_bRUtOHrIqqj8sWRC9E2RyVgUDK3ia8Opaf4zBZ6ezfrqa-kBAwfyLpWX_r2cTd3vlPd3_IAq-r-hRtG6YHCoroXJp9PXDI3HvzJ7HZbpJPGF5h9C1UJ4xyGVZlz7QSVu63aCV_fg6ajfNx029FQG7xSopeuOWWn6rlvze9IhiMfObQ02oBLb51HWiGlXdkLboj18h_zOeQFDNt0&amp;__tn__=%25252525252CO%25252525252CP-R" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">fail</a> to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DEIinSandwell/posts/pfbid0cVmaSmT3qEmWAYmsfbyR58R3y4EqJHznurUpYZ6d6hygN8zxaJhyvvjPAeQT2zLil?__cft__%252525255B0%252525255D=AZYj6VN_HkrMIITkZVQ_0DD7b8CPn0zBglNWzsP8zaQm7tgNEq1vx-TLIERr7heMFv6GVfubADfec7h2ehBJqejB6VjSqGmPayWlmWvKGH5934PO_MoR-Cj6YOr4W1G36TxeA0Z1MmHrUkCYkeGLvKrHoUogwdp-tQMUsqIwoGcQ5IkmnFttWJNEERRo-2oTAU5lKZWBc-Opvof4r-dVY8Qg&amp;__tn__=%25252525252CO%25252525252CP-R" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communicate</a>.
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<div>A donation buys something concrete: a mobility repair, a journey to an appointment, an hour of skilled practical work, an <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mariemeronym_sandwellstory-letreepeesafely-accessiblehousing-activity-7309575708559790081-SgeY?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAD8bjKABr6-byMDXn4kC7AnHQIF6n2aycwA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">advocate’s time</a>, evidence-analysis capacity, or enough stability to continue without another part of the system collapsing.
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<div>If you cannot donate, sharing the fundraiser directly is also useful.
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<div>Thank you for helping me keep moving, practically, analytically and legally.
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MS E Myring-Brown

Joe Williamson

Anonymous

Help Ree secure safe housing, mobility repairs and advocacy

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