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What does disability mean to you and who qualifies?

What does disability mean and who should get it?

  • who cares, it is unmanagable

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    27
  • Poll closed .
I have a legitimate reason to be on disability, but you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at me. If you saw me loading up my car from shopping, you'd probably I think I was a regular working joe.

Of course, I don't have a parking sticker, either. So you wouldn't know I was disabled unless we were talking about how I got my money.

So you are saying you are incapable of doing anything that would pay you wage as much as your disability?
 
It probably has more with how you present yourself to others, you bring it on yourself.

You're the one started a thread about approaching people without visible disabilities and railing at them for milking the system. I fail to see how we brought this on ourselves.
 
First I was diagnosed with a form of mental retardation, where my reading skills were an issue. After that incorrect diagnosis, I was diagnosed with another disability.

No, my own reading scores are no longer a problem according to diagnosticians or even the GRE (as I scored in at about the 89% percentile).

So in essence there was no reason for you to feel offended other than to draw attention to yourself?
 
It probably has more with how you present yourself to others, you bring it on yourself.

I'm not the one riding about town trying to remove financial resources from people that I erroneously conclude are leeches on society.
 
So in essence there was no reason for you to feel offended other than to draw attention to yourself?

Yes, I do have a right to be offended. You're making disparaging and inaccurate comments about me and others with disabilities.
 
You're the one started a thread about approaching people without visible disabilities and railing at them for milking the system. I fail to see how we brought this on ourselves.

That was not directed at you. His constant trolling repeating that same line like a small child trying to talk over people becomes annoying, hence any treatment he percieved about other people toward him was probably brought on by similar actions.
 
First I was diagnosed with a form of mental retardation, where my reading skills were an issue. After that incorrect diagnosis, I was diagnosed with another disability.

No, my own reading scores are no longer a problem according to diagnosticians or even the GRE (as I scored in at about the 89 percentile).

I'm still confused as to what your disability is. You are obviously not retarded and you can obviously read.
 
Sure, some of you may have legitimate disabilities, but there are PLENTY of people who work under the table while collecting disability, and they are QUITE capable of working. It's getting to the point of being quite silly when you can collect disability because you suffer from depression and "feel sad." How in the hell is staying home and doing nothing going to help your depression? It's not. They should put these people on meds and send them to work IMO.
 
So you are saying you are incapable of doing anything that would pay you wage as much as your disability?

Yes. I'm not currently on disability, but my pension when I do receive it will be almost twice what I'm earning at my job. I'm working with DVR and I'm trying to write books (fiction and games) for profit, so that I might wean myself off of disability, but I'm not capable of supporting myself through gainful employment.
 
Yes, I do have a right to be offended. You're making disparaging and inaccurate comments about me and others with disabilities.

Now you ouright lying. What other traits would you like to add to your resume tonight?
 
you would be wrong, he does not have cancer. I have been eating with this guy for 2.5 to 3 years, just found out today that he was on disability, I assumed he worked a normal job but i was wrong

Wait, you have been eating with this guy for 3 years and know for a fact he does not have cancer but also have no clue about how he made his money?
 
Fraud undoubtedly happens and probably more then it should. My former neighbor was on disability for chronic arthritis. How do I know her case was fraudulent? Because she still worked the same job that she had years prior to claiming her disability and admitted to me that she was now payed under the table by her employer which became a good friend of hers.

One occurrence that seems to happen all to frequently here (probably stands out more to me because of how I feel about it) is young very overweight persons receiving not only disability but also other government assistance. I understand that their are medical conditions that can cause a person to become morbidly obese but those are pretty rare instances (from my understanding), for the rest it comes down to poor diet and lifestyle. Naturally it makes me upset when we are paying people essentially to continue that bad lifestyle/decisions. Obesity has been labeled a disease and is treated as such by the medical community as well as the government. However alcoholism is also considered a disease. So do you think they would give me a disability check and disabled parking tags if I stayed to drunk to hold a job? I do not see much of a difference to be honest but they sure treat it differently.
 
Yes. I'm not currently on disability, but my pension when I do receive it will be almost twice what I'm earning at my job. I'm working with DVR and I'm trying to write books (fiction and games) for profit, so that I might wean myself off of disability, but I'm not capable of supporting myself through gainful employment.

Then you deserve to be on it and are trying to get off it which is commendable, that was not the case this morning. This guy was smiling about the fact he could do what he pleases while the rest us support his lifestyle.
 
I'm still confused as to what your disability is. You are obviously not retarded and you can obviously read.

I didn't disclose the name of the disability.
 
Wait, you have been eating with this guy for 3 years and know for a fact he does not have cancer but also have no clue about how he made his money?

I did not say he was a friend. It is a coffee shop, table with 10 chairs, people come and go, gossip, eat and drink coffee. He is not sick, stated by him. But his doctor advised him 25 years ago he could get on disability and survice better working jobs on the side. He was never someone I cared to talk to but he happened to be close this morning.
 
Sure, some of you may have legitimate disabilities, but there are PLENTY of people who work under the table while collecting disability, and they are QUITE capable of working. It's getting to the point of being quite silly when you can collect disability because you suffer from depression and "feel sad." How in the hell is staying home and doing nothing going to help your depression? It's not. They should put these people on meds and send them to work IMO.

Work itself is the best meds for depression.
 
Now you ouright lying. What other traits would you like to add to your resume tonight?

Please tell me how else I was supposed to interpret that comment of yours, Rocketman?
 
Fraud undoubtedly happens and probably more then it should. My former neighbor was on disability for chronic arthritis. How do I know her case was fraudulent? Because she still worked the same job that she had years prior to claiming her disability and admitted to me that she was now payed under the table by her employer which became a good friend of hers.

One occurrence that seems to happen all to frequently here (probably stands out more to me because of how I feel about it) is young very overweight persons receiving not only disability but also other government assistance. I understand that their are medical conditions that can cause a person to become morbidly obese but those are pretty rare instances (from my understanding), for the rest it comes down to poor diet and lifestyle. Naturally it makes me upset when we are paying people essentially to continue that bad lifestyle/decisions. Obesity has been labeled a disease and is treated as such by the medical community as well as the government. However alcoholism is also considered a disease. So do you think they would give me a disability check and disabled parking tags if I stayed to drunk to hold a job? I do not see much of a difference to be honest but they sure treat it differently.

this post belongs in this thread, finally someone with critical thinking instead of deflection
 
That was not directed at you.

I'm not taking it personally. I'm just saying that what you are talking about doing is something you could just have easily done to me; it's something that can and has happened to me in the past. It's why my initial filing and subsequent appeals have been denied, and why I spent a considerable portion of last year homeless.

I'm not angry. I'm just saying why it's very understandable why someone else might be.
 
Please tell me how else I was supposed to interpret that comment of yours, Rocketman?

You wrote a comment that did not apply to what I posted, why else would I ask that not knowing you?
 
I'm not taking it personally. I'm just saying that what you are talking about doing is something you could just have easily done to me; it's something that can and has happened to me in the past. It's why my initial filing and subsequent appeals have been denied, and why I spent a considerable portion of last year homeless.

I'm not angry. I'm just saying why it's very understandable why someone else might be.

I understand what you are saying. I wanted to give you a like and couple more in this thread, for some reason I can't tonight. Do you have any idea why?
 
You wrote a comment that did not apply to what I posted, why else would I ask that not knowing you?

You made an insulting comment about the disabled, suggested that it would automatically qualify for benefit, and that I was a victim....all done with disparaging intent on top of that.
 
SS Disability is administered by the states....In most states, you file, you see "their" doctors, you go before a Judge.....It is a long and difficult process.. Most people are denied the first time around.. Appeals are filed--more doctors and more Judges...They are not stupid or easily fooled.....
 
You made an insulting comment about the disabled, suggested that it would automatically qualify for benefit, and that I was a victim....all done with disparaging intent on top of that.

Intent can't be determined in emails or on a message board. Those insecurities are on you. I made no such comment about the disabled. SO again do you have a reading problem still?
 
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