Oh, the joy of that question. I've only just gotten on disability, but before this, I was on some other kind of financial aid for about four years. People often assume that either I go to school, or work, which is a fair assumption, I suppose. Most people do, but the fact that people use that as an opening line is very uncomfortable, when you are in fact, doing neither. When I say no to both these things, people usually say "well, that must be nice" somewhat awkwardly.

It was nice when I was retaking a subject from school, which I did twice (different subjects, though) and I could just say that. Then at least I had something to say.