I have two sisters who are disabled. They're lates 30s/40s but mentally about teenage. If we try and go on family days out they kick up a hissy fit and scream. One sister won't go through doors of buildings because it "might be dark" on the inside. However, if someone who works in said building were to come out and say it's alright she will go through. It's attention seeking because they are bored with the family they've been with all their lives. They want to have a social life and friends outside. However, with the closing of many social groups for disabled people like this due to lack of volunteers to run it, or funding, there is less chance. The other trouble is that it is rare to find a doctor or a social worker who will understand this. The sister that won't go through doors is a hyperchondriac. Dizzy spells. tummy aches. back ache etc. Doctors only throw pills at the situation and the social care has given up because there's nothing more to do for her that we aren't already doing.