44-year old Helen tells how, 12 years ago, after 17 years in a residential home, with the help of the Independent Living Fund, she “escaped” to live independently. Now the ILF has been closed. Helen also fears she will lose her Disability Living Allowance and accessible car. She says, “I have the sense that all I had hoped for when I moved out of residential care is being eroded, little bit by little bit. I’m scared witless.”