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Originally Posted by SprinkL3
You should never have to disclose to a former employer that you quit for mental health reasons. You can quit for whatever reason you wish, without stating that. You can, however, fill out the financial aid information over again and indicate that you had extenuating circumstances with your mental health, but you were unable to receive disability payments or unemployment at that time. There should be some other form you could fill out without having to disclose anything to your former employer just for a form update or something.
People in such positions can be mean, especially when their own biases and politics disagree with some of us who need financial aid to upwardly mobilize. They do make it especially hard on the disabled, especially older disabled persons (i.e., ageism and ableism combined).
I'm so sorry you went through all of that.
You could also take a break until you are able to show something the following year, which should allow you to get financial aid one year later.
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Because of the way I was treated, I decided I don't want to attend that school, especially the lack of response from the accessibility office. Because if I was to need to ask for accommodations, that office would be my lifeline and I don't think they would be a reliable source.
This is what made me want to start a nonprofit though. I think having a middle man to help with stuff like this would be really beneficial. It feels like there is such a lack of support in these areas from therapists. The therapist who may even be a social worker only helps you on one end of things typically. And that is your thoughts and behaviors. Then they ship you out to the world to be met with contempt and discrimination and most of the time it's too intense for emotionally sensitive people to deal with even with skills at hand.
I've only had one therapist who helped me ask for accommodations at work. She walked me through each. step it was extremely helpful. Another situation, I had a therapist tell me to explain I have a mental disability, then when I needed paperwork to back that up she told me she can't give me anything. So why have me explain that in the first place?! It felt like she made me out to look like a liar.
So I just think the whole process with jobs and colleges and disclosing this information is complicated and demeaning at times and someone who could help in the process would benefit those who are struggling with this process.
But my main goal is to link employers to this nonprofit similar to organizations that help people with developmental disabilities obtain employment. So you have job training and then support workers to help through the process and the employers are on board and aware of limitations and so from the start the worker is not singled out or forced to work under unrealistic expectations.
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I have BPD or Autism or both, we may never know, the focus is always the symptoms, not the diagnosis