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Elder
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May 05, 2024 at 06:49 AM
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Last week, I signed up for Ticket-to-Work through the Social Security Administration. My youngest son turns 18 this month, and my income will change. I need to at least work part-time. I am happy to report that my new HAE injection treatments seem to be working. My HAE attacks have slowed down a lot. I received hospital bills from my last few HAE attacks. Working will help me get them paid off.
I have an assigned vocational case manager. We had a phone conversation this week and discussed resumes. I have been dealing with a lot of anxiety over how to explain the gap in my employment history. My case manager explained that I should list volunteer work and explain during interviews that I took time off to raise a family. My kids are all grown, and I am returning to work. Being disabled is very hard, and I understand that it varies greatly from person to person, depending on the type of disability (disabilities) in addition to the severity. I have a very close relationship with my youngest son, and that’s mainly because I started receiving SSDI when he was in fourth grade. He’s a senior in high school, and I still take him to school and pick him up. I have been able to attend all his school events, band concerts, band competitions, open house events, and parent-teacher conferences. I participated in school carnivals, bake sales, and helped chaperone events. I dropped him off and picked up him and his classmates. I found a few articles that discuss returning to the workforce. I hope others find the articles helpful too. •Stay-at-home-mom valuable transferable skills. Just a moment... •Finding a job/reentering the workforce after being a stay-at-home-mom. Just a moment... •Finding a job/reentering the workforce after a long absence. Just a moment... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk __________________ #SpoonieStrong Spoons are a visual representation used as a unit of measure to quantify how much energy individuals with disabilities and chronic illnesses have throughout a given day. 1). Depression 2). PTSD 3). Anxiety 4). Hashimoto 5). Fibromyalgia 6). Asthma 7). Atopic dermatitis 8). Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria 9). Hereditary Angioedema (HAE-normal C-1) 10). Gluten sensitivity 11). EpiPen carrier 12). Food allergies, medication allergies and food intolerances. . 13). Alopecia Areata |
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May 28, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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Kudos for being a mom... that's the biggest job of all.
I'm not a mom, but the article about reentering the workforce after a long absence is particularly interesting to me, as I have gaps. So thank you for posting! Wishing you much success... |
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May 30, 2024 at 01:35 PM
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Best of luck to you. Makes sense to be nervous but I hope you find something that works for you. Thanks for the links.
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