> I've hired support workers in short bursts for this as well.
Can you expand on this?
I recently moved and have been procrastinating the myriad of paperwork moving from one state to another involves. What helped was my insurance broker pressuring me to get some of the paperwork completed.
I meant disability support workers, I should have been a bit more precise, sorry! I'm not sure if that clears up what I meant but in case it doesn't: Disability support work is a super broad label so I'll just ramble a little about how they've helped me. I've been really lucky to find people who are interested in the particular tasks at hand to help me. Sometimes it's like hiring an additional frontal lobe, sometimes I need them for really specific things like helping me travel. Sometimes I just need extra support in planning and executing something at home that my ADHD and/or Autism makes very challenging like filling in a bunch of paperwork. It's often that I don't need help with the literal paperwork itself, but I need help/guidance in self regulation, managing my disabilities symptoms that can be destructive and unhelpful like when I just start trying to push though and do a bad job and burning out to boot is something support workers have helped me with. Longer term strategies and capacity building I work with my psychologist on but I'm always going to be disabled and neurodivergent lol.
Unlike 'coaches', disability support workers are regulated (somewhat laughably atm but they are regulated and registered, they have police checks, and professional standards), they must do at least a certificate through a registered training organisation, and if they want to do certain tasks with more like help with dressing changes or helping someone manage their medications, they need to have extra training. Those aren't fantastic examples because those things are often done by nurses, but the point I'm trying to make with that part is that as a general rule, they know their role, their skills, they know their value and don't feel the need to 'dress it up' to manipulate people into thinking they're equivalent to a psychologist or something like these abhorrent 'coaching' services do. They're also regulated and misrepresenting oneself is a bit of a no-no.
My lisdexamfetamine has run out for today. Dunno if that's obvious or not /s
If there's something I can try clarify once I'm back to being medicated please let me know
Can you expand on this?
I recently moved and have been procrastinating the myriad of paperwork moving from one state to another involves. What helped was my insurance broker pressuring me to get some of the paperwork completed.