Please Help Caregiver Mom of Adult Disabled Child With Housing Crisis

Hi. This is a very difficult thing to post but something has to break in our lives. We aren’t making it and I’m struggling to keep it together. I am a divorced mother of two. I don’t get alimony in the state of Texas and child support is meager. I was holding it together until my daughter with autism got profoundly ill. She has been hospitalized 22 times in 2 years. She was in a coma for the entire month of January 2025. I was a Speech Pathologist and I could no longer hold a job because of her illnesses. I had to become a paid caregiver to care for her and the financial difference between my former job and a state caregiver job in the home is devastating. Every time she is hospitalized, I don’t get paid and it’s stressful because I have to worry about her health and worry about finances at the same time. We’ve lost so much over the past year and now I’m trying to keep my home, keep food on the table for the month and pay our light, water/gas, and insurance bills. Our car broke down 2 months ago and that was another blow. Ride sharing and delivery has dented our low finances even more. We can no longer go to food banks, in-person therapies and appointments with specialists, or just riding. I have connected to every state agency for people with disabilities and there isn’t much help out there like people would believe. I’m tired and my health is taking a turn trying to keep it together. Family and friends have helped in the past but even they struggle. Please help us. I am exhausted as a mom, provider and caregiver. I am overdrawn with bills and financial help is limited. As my daughter’s health is managed, I hope she is well enough for me to do remote therapy work to help with finances. Until then, I’m calling on community. Thank you for reading a part of our story.