Kat,

How can you get by?  I have to ask for public
assistance for my personal cares.

Kathy Jo





--- Kathy Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Oh, I agree with you 100 per cent, Jenn.  I am
> proud of what I've done in my
> life and the fact that I've never had to ask
> for public assistance.  That is
> not to say I've never received help from Voc.
> Rehab or from other agencies,
> but that after I started working a full time
> job with benefits, I had no need
> of help from VR.  I don't see it as boasting so
> much as letting others know it
> can be done. And others such as Bobby, Kyle,
> Deri, Ken, and you show it
> perfectly.
>
> Other disabled people especially those in the
> Third World, are far less
> fortunate than we, and my heart goes out to
> them.
>
> Kat
>
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:31:51 -0700 "J. McCarthy"
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I wasn't going to add to the fray, but....
> >
> > A few months after getting my Bachelor's, my
> > SSI
> > stopped when my odd jobs put me above the
> > income max.
> > I was able to keep medicaid for a few more
> > years,
> > which was great because it allowed me time to
> > find a
> > full-time position with health insurance
> > benefits.  So
> > since about 1997, I have been employed
> > full-time (40+
> > hours/week).  In 2001, I gave up a $15/hr job
> > to be
> > happy. (long story)  I now work at a state
> > university
> > making about $10/hr and loving my job. I grew
> > up in a
> > lousy 2 bedroom duplex in a slummy part of
> town
> > with
> > my brother and single mom for about 15 years
> > (most
> > funds came from my SSI and other public
> > assistance).
> > When I married, my husband and I moved into a
> > not-so-great 1 bedroom appartment.  Then when
> > my
> > husband found a job in town, we rented a nice
> > 2bd/2ba
> > apartment.  Now we own a nice 3bd/2ba house
> > with pool
> > in a nice neighborhood.
> >
> > I'm not gloating or looking for praise.  I am
> > but
> > showing others that "You can do it!" and
> become
> > a
> > productive member of society - despite having
> a
> > disability.  I've known a few severely
> disabled
> > folks
> > who work at home doing Internet stuff.  Some
> > may not
> > make enough to come off SSI, but that's not
> the
> > point.
> >  The point is to become a "giver" (or at
> least
> > "contributor") instead of a "taker" in this
> > world.
> >
> > Getting off soapbox now,
> > Jennifer  (who works with a stroke victim
> who's
> > similarly disabled)
> >
> > P.S.  You may be offended by the meaning of
> > what I say
> > (or not agree with it), but please don't be
> so
> > sensitive as to take offense to the exact
> words
> > I use.
> > There's too much in this world to get upset
> > about to
> > let simple symantics and word choices bother
> > you. IMHO
> >
> >
> > --- "Cleveland, Kyle E."
> > wrote:
> > > Lot's of head-scratching going on right now
> > from the
> > > powers-that-be.  This
> > > gives me a little time to come out from my
> > "bumker",
> > > dial-in and respond to
> > > some emails:
> > >
> > > I've done a lttle research on the topic,
> > though my
> > > "sources" are not handy
> > > right now.  Anyway, the vast majority of
> > CPers are
> > > either hemis or
> > > diplegics, with "mild" CP.  This also
> > translates to
> > > most CPers working
> > > full-time in either mainstream jobs, or
> jobs
> > > associated with disabiliies
> > > (for example:  all of the office workers at
> > my
> > > physiatrist's university
> > > clinic are disabled with some sort of motor
> > > disorder, or they are amputees.
> > >
> >
> > =====
> > TTYL,
> > Jennifer
> >
> >
>
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