Disability

rox63

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1. Sounds normal - No one likes accepting that they are disabled

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 04:51 PM

Oct 2012

My Mom lost her eyesight to diabetes, and my best friend is on disability for mental illness. Both of them struggled with acceptance, and beat themselves up over their inability to work at a job reliably.

One bit of advice: Start getting copies of your medical records from as many of your health care providers as possible. Document the jobs you have held and lost over the years. Make copies of every form and application you complete and submit. The people who make the decisions about this have a tendency to 'lose' the paperwork, or 'forget' to call certain professionals. My friend on disability credits her quick approval with having all the documentation available for the decision-makers.

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Finally considering applying for Disability... reconciling conflicting emotions [View all] FirstLight Oct 2012 OP

Sounds normal - No one likes accepting that they are disabled rox63 Oct 2012 #1

thanks, good to know FirstLight Oct 2012 #3

I am not going to be able to give you advice, just commisserate with you hollysmom Oct 2012 #2

thanks FirstLight Oct 2012 #4

Please put your health first and foremost above anything else! LeftofObama Oct 2012 #5

thank you so much for the input FirstLight Oct 2012 #6

After two years I finally got approved for disabilty rl6214 Oct 2012 #7

thanks FirstLight Oct 2012 #8

You are not alone. I would say 50-75% of the people there list some sort of mental desease rl6214 Oct 2012 #9