by ComputerBob » 2019-10-14 23:37
I really don't "get" the point of this thread. Someone thinks that disabled people are cheating someone? Someone wants to brag that they're disabled, but they still work? I don't get it.
My first stroke, 12 years ago, was certainly not a choice. Nor was my 2nd stroke, almost 2 years ago. That one put me in the hospital for a whole month, and left my left side completely "disconnected" from my brtain for nearly 6 months of really tough rehab.
Now I can barely walk, remember things, or do hundreds of other tasks that used to be automatic. For example, replacing the flapper valve in my toilet used to be a 3-minute job. Now it is a 25-minute job. I used to make $110/hour as a computer consultant to big corporations. Now, I've made about $25 in the past 2 years. Thank God for my wife, who has continued to work for pay to support us, and our savings, collected over the past 44 years of marriage.
Disability? I don't qualify, because my 2 strokes caused me to "fall between the cracks" of receiving any SSI or other disability payments.
So, who wants to hire me?