Urgent Appeal: Help Anna #Escape#Abuse – Time is Running Out!
🚨EMERGENCY: Anna's Life Hangs in the Balance – Act NOW to Rescue Her from #Abuse and #Neglect!
Anna, an Australian woman battling severe #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis (#ME) for over 20 years, is trapped in a toxic home with abusive family members. Bedbound and forced to stay in a dark room, she is vulnerable and that vulnerability is taken advantage of. She is not allowed access to #disability aids or workers and needs approval for all mailed items including food, which may be binned or sold regardless. There are no steady rules, just excuses for her abuse. She faces deliberate exposure to sensory overload, days without food, constant yelling, stolen belongings, and three #COVID infections in 15 months due to unmasked family members. She now has #LongCovid as well. Compounded by #endometriosis, #hypothyroidism, #POTS, #chronicpain, and more - her health is deteriorating rapidly.
** Her doctor fears that staying in this environment will kill her.**
#Australia's #healthcare, #disability, and #domesticviolence systems have failed her catastrophically,. This systemic neglect has created a life-threatening crisis – and for Anna, it's already too late to wait.
Anna's Critical Needs – Your Support Can Save Her:
Safe Housing ASAP: Anna desperately needs a quiet room in a COVID-conscious (masking) home in #Melbourne. She can pay rent $250 per week, with funded meals and limited care hours; long-term help may qualify for Carer's Allowance. She has indicated she may need incidental help.
Secure Relocation: Specialized transport to reduce infection risks and suit her ME. Funds needed for moving costs and aids until #NDIS access.
Expert Advocacy: A #DisabilityAdvocate for complex cases to navigate the system with her. Even a friend just willing to help. She can’t do this alone.
Communication Aid (#Australia, preferably #Victoria): Someone to handle phone tasks – all documents provided. Brain injury has made phone use impossible.
-This is a Shameful Failure – But You Can Help In a resource-rich nation, no one should rot in abuse while services ignore them. Don't let Anna become a statistic.
Artist and writer, Corina Duyn, wrote a very powerful letter to Brendan about her experience living in care since the age of 59. She has lived with M.E. for more than 25 years. Corina’s book of collages “In Bed I Cut Words” is published by Creative Ireland, and distributed by the Irish Hospice Foundation. CorinaDuyn.com and corinaduyn.blogspot.com
Now things are worse, I’m much sicker, being neglected and will die without a safe stable #home. Doctor’s words.
If not mentioned in the article, my father is a diagnosed narcissist with psychopathic & antisocial tendencies by a #psychiatrist. He urged me get away from my father asap because he is not a ‘safe person’ & neither are the other members who lured me back through the promise of help.
He truly isn’t but I have nowhere to go.
I’ve tried every level of government, every service and they simply won’t help.
Please ask people in real life if they have somewhere for me to go. Could they take me in (can pay small rent)?
Is anybody an #advocate? I desperately need help.
I would be incredibly grateful beyond words.🙏
(FYI the help services you may be searching for don’t help in my poor safe Labor catchment. All the services are divided into catchments & mine doesn’t count.)
Unfortunately for some people with mobility issues, problems being upright (#OrthostaticIntolerance) mean they can't use traditional #wheelchairs or if they do, they can't be upright for long. This looks a interesting idea!