HELP! College student with abusive "parents"

Hey y'all! The name is Reece Huey, and I am a sophomore at the NYU College of Arts and Sciences, studying Computer Science and Environmental Studies. I will be graduating in Spring 2026, but I could use a little help with funding my studies and personal life.

Throughout almost my entire childhood, my "parents" (I prefer to call them "cell donors" at this point) have cruelly tormented and humiliated me as far as I can remember. Hitting me, slapping me, threatening me with the belt/metal rod/spoon to make me cry, dismissing my suffering with "You need an attitude adjustment" or "I'm gonna hurt you if you don't stop complaining," intruding onto my privacy, destroying my belongings, failing to protect me when classmates/teachers bullied me for being autistic, going so far as to hit me and say I was "out of line" for reporting them as I was begging for mercy -- there's too much to list I'd rather not share more. While these monsters were friendly and charming towards absolute strangers they didn't care about in public, and decrying me for being so rude and disrespectful (i.e, speaking up against their nonsense, being angry/resentful with them, disagreeing with them, standing up to their physical/psychological violence)...they would beat me, threaten to beat me, yell at me, insult me as "stupid" or "idiotic" or "dumbass" or "delusional," and silence my pain by gaslighting me with "You just want people to agree with your narrative" or "You just want to take control and want everything done your way." (BIG WORDS COMING FROM QUASI-SLAVE OWNERS WHO SAY "YOU LIVE UNDER MY HOUSE YOU FOLLOW MY RULES" AND THREATENING TO BELT ME FOR NOT OBEYING THEM.)

Unfortunately, it wasn't until I turned 17 that I realized how much suffering they've caused me, and I didn't hesitate to call it for what it truly was: child abuse and mistreatment. But what a fool I was to think CPS would intervene and save me. Nope, they just shrugged me off with "That's not real abuse, we'll show you what real abuse is like," "Doesn't matter how you feel about spanking, it's not abuse," "There's nothing wrong with your parents, there's something wrong with you, you need to fall in line." (Hit an adult like your spouse or boss? That's criminal assault and battery. Hit an animal? That's cruelty. Hit a child? Lol that's just discipline, serves them right for being a rude and disrespectful brat. Because apparently being impolite/discourteous/uncivil towards those who hold power over you, is a much graver sin than being violent/cruel/sadistic towards those weaker than you. An atrocity that means you deserve to be beaten and lose your human right to safety, and it's your fault.) I thought I could move out once I turned 18 to never see them again, but what a fool I was again to believe that. What doesn't kill you gives you learned helplessness to the point where you feel there's no escape and all you can do is shut up and accept your terrible lot in life, because it's pointless to make your life better. I've applied to numerous jobs, never to hear back. I've tried countless times to get my abusers to listen to me and how angry I was at them. I've tried countless times calling THEIR own cell donors to hold them accountable for their cruelty and utter lack of sympathy towards me. But every attempt failed. Abusers never change -- a cruel reality.

And yet to this day, I still rely on the same tormentors who beat and terrorized me to pay for my college education. I still live under their fists, relying on them for money. Hell, they even pay for my therapy -- the therapy I use to heal from their remorseless violence. I even had to rely on them to move into college. What a fool I was to believe the moment I turned 18 I could escape.

(Says a lot about how children and teenagers are subjugated and have their rights violated, huh? Your parents can legally yell at, insult, and hit you as much as they please in the United States of America, the "freest country in the world," and you're still stuck with them if you want to go on to college. Not so fun fact: the United States is the only country in the world to have NEVER ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child.)

With all this in mind, if you all would be so generous as to help me pay for my tuition and living expenses, it would mean every single thing to me, as cheesy and cheap as that may sound haha. but on a serious note, i cannot afford mentally/emotionally to stay dependent upon my abusers for my college education. it is not an act of kindness. it is a tool for control and to keep me weak and dependent. imagine yourself being forced to rely upon the same pathetic bully who beats and humiliates you repeatedly just to purchase enough food and pursue your dreams. i hope you all can offer your financial and emotional support, and i am happy for your support for my journey to freedom.