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.
It probably has more with how you present yourself to others, you bring it on yourself.
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).
It probably has more with how you present yourself to others, you bring it on yourself.
So in essence there was no reason for you to feel offended other than to draw attention to 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 you are saying you are incapable of doing anything that would pay you wage as much as your disability?
Yes, I do have a right to be offended. You're making disparaging and inaccurate comments about me and others with disabilities.
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
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.
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?
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.
Now you ouright lying. What other traits would you like to add to your resume tonight?
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.
That was not directed at you.
Please tell me how else I was supposed to interpret that comment of yours, Rocketman?
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.
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.
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