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Originally Posted by sidestepper
Clearly I don't know your circumstances, but now that you should be able to stay on your parents insurance until you are are around 25, would that be a viable option? I'm not quite clear on all the rules but a friend of mine has a son with schizophrenia and he gets to remain on their insurance and try working very, very part time. I know not all parents are the easiest to live with, but if it was between a safe place to live and coverage to see a T and a Pdoc would there be a way to work thing out so that your parents could see you as an adult with the right to set your own hours and yet follow some basic rules?
SSDI doesn't ever keep up with inflation so the longer you are on it the less buying power you will have as time goes on. I worked from high school on, put myself though college, worked while married then my life fell apart. At 29 My doctors told my to apply for SSDI, now many years later I unfortunatly live in the wrong state to get help getting back to work and the SSDI I get now only covers the bare necessities. I do not wish to scare you but encourage you to look into alternatives at your age before jumping into SSDI Look too at what your state offers for help in getting back to work. Some states have fantastic programs and will work very hard with people to help them find the right kind of jobs so they will be free of the hand to mouth cycle and in a job that they can handle. Best of Luck.
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sidestepper,
I'm sorry but that is much easier said than done. I was told several years ago that I needed to be on disability but I did not want to go that route. I did not want to "take the easy way out." I wanted to work as long as possible in order to have a good work record. Unfortunatley, I have both physical and mental issues that make it virtually impossible for me to handle any job. I have been let go from some the few jobs I could get in a very short time, some after a few weeks, some after a few days, and a couple after an hour, because I couldn't handle the demands. With other jobs, my supervisors just thought I was being lazy so they would pile the most amount of grunt work on me to "teach me a lesson," plus I would get bullied by the other employees because of my limitations, so I was forced to quit. That doesn't look good so a lot of places won't hire me! Even if you do find a government program that will "help," no one will hire you if you don't have experience or good references. I am talking about the real world here, not a fantasy that looks good on paper. And you cant force someone to hire you.