Re: [epilepsy] Re: Disability, does anyone receive it?

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Re: [epilepsy] Re: Disability, does anyone receive it?

Matthew,

I always hurt for you when you tell your story -- but I am wondering
if you could tell us some of the things you have done -- like
singing in a barber shop quartet? Do you still sing?

Millie

I got put on Disability shortly after I got diagnosed in my early years.
> My Dad was a GP so he and my Neurologist decided that's what's best.
>
> When I was 14 I got "fixed" so I can't have kids, and being under legal
> age,
> they didn't need my consent.
> When I was 16 and tried to find work, I got classed Unemployable for
> Public
> Safety. Our great gvernment said the safety of thousands is more
> important
> than the pleasures of just one.
>
> When I finished High School, I wanted to live on my own.
> My parents put me in a Home for the Handicapped from 1982 (age 20) til
> 1996
> (age 34).
> Once I was gone, my parents were able to have guests over without hiding
> me
> in my room.
>
> Got sexually abused by a Gay Caregiver in that Care Home, who loves young
> men.
> Reported it to the Police, but nobody would take my word seriously as I
> have
> a Brain disorder.
> He used a hole punch on my foreskin as a warning for if I ever call the
> cops
> on him again.
> Parents saw the damage and called the Police, but the law says "No
> Witness,
> No case!".
>
> After having Brain Surgery to stop the seizures, I was allowed to live on
> my
> own.
> The Care Home had a lot of people waiting to get in, and I no longer
> needed
> looking after.
>
> But I'm still living on Disability Income ($906 a month) to rent an
> apartment.
> Tried to find work but due to Liability Issues, employers refuse to hire
> me.
> .just in case!
>
> When it comes time for Community Events seeking Volunteers, a lot of
> people
> with disabilities show up! That's about the only places that will take
> us!
>
> I'm now 46 and I've never held a job. Not even Walmart would will take
> me!
> Just continue doing many years of Volunteering.
>
> Matthew
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

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