Breaking my lease under ADA

[Sarah Maddox]

I'm not great right now, so I will try to be as clear as possible, bear with me. In October of last year, my husband and i upgraded our apartment to a two bedroom, as we were expecting twins in december. Things went downhill quickly for me, and right before we were supposed to move in, my water broke, more than 10 weeks early. I had my twins two dayd later via emergency csection. We moved in a week after I had them, and they were in the NICU. This started a huge downward spiral for me. I was almost institutionalized twice during their hospital stay, and since they've been home, have been diagnosed with unspecified bipolar disorder, agoraphobia, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, ADHD and a severe panic disorder. I am no longer a functioning human being. My husband works more than any person should, and I am alone, and very trapped in that 2nd story apartment which greatly exacerbates my agoraphobia and my panic disorder. I can't go out with my twins because it's impossible to get them downstairs by myself, and when I am unstable, it is difficult for my mother to get to me because of the location of the apartment. The apartment itself is also very PTSD triggering for me, as i was living there during rhe teins' NICU stay and that is the traumatic event the PTSD stems from. 

I have been living in my moms living room, but that is not permanent and I can't stay there much longer. what I really need is to move closer to my mom, in a first floor building, and in a larger space for my mother in law to move in with me to help me get to my many appointments and to help with the babies when I am very unwell, which is often. Do I have any recourse? I know it is not the apartment owners fault, but I cannot stay there and there is nothing I can think of that would make the situation any better. They do not allow subletting and will not let me find another renter. I would need to make this all about the law. I want to do it as respectfully as possible, as they have been nothing but good to me and my family, and give them plenty of notice.