Millie and some one others who can respond,
Has anybody been able to go to work spending allot of time going to and back
home each day via bus or/and trains because of they can't legally drive due to
seizures/epilepsy.I do receive a disability discount on fare prices,but I'm not
given a reasonable job at work.Was hired in '91 at grade 4 moved to grade 5 in
'92 and still noon.I began to work at FDA because my neurologist always
prescribed medicines that were approved by them,so when I was offered a job with
them and others I chose that.Nineteen years later I'm still in colors which is
nowhere near medicines/drugs.I can't drive to school after I spend 8.5 hrs
working & 4.4 hrs each day traveling back and forth to work.I was hired after
learning computer programing at a school for disabled people.There are levels
grade 3-13,you could be promoted to..I feel like a disabled person that the
federal government hires for each year.I should just stop being w/o any work for
years and maybe just collect SSDI.In '92 the Washington Post of 6/18/92, is
titled Md. Man's Nightmare Began After Seizure, the a story starts off saying,
"Timothy B. Baldwin is an epileptic. But, a recent,a episode at Union Station,
drew him into a Kafkaesque brush with Amtrak police. According to Baldwin,a
computer clerk at Food and Drug Administration in Washington,it all began about
6:45pm on June 9 as he waited for MARC commuter train. Without warning, he went
into a seizure"...I was to be taken to St.Elizabeth Hospital for a psychiatric
evaluation, Washington Metropolitan Police got involved because Amtrak police
couldn't travel off station grounds, and on.Could I claim disability while being
held up and doing nothing at work or can I just stop working.
Thanks,
Tim Baldwin
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From: Millie Myers <mylmy@gogreencroft.net>
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 12:10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Re: SS Disability
Kelly,
That list is very helpful.
Millie
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly Porter
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 6:35 PM
Subject: [epilepsy] Re: SS Disability
With all the talk about SSDI I thought I would share this link. It is
the link to the listings page on SS website. A listing is a specific
medical condition that qualifies one for SSDI. TO qualify you either
need to meet a listing, or prove other disabling factors that effect
ones ability to work. A listing is easier to prove since they are all
very specific in nature, and if a person meets more then one listing it
becomes easier to qualify.
Here is the website:
http://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/AdultListings.htm
it is broken down by body system, then description. Epilepsy is under
Neurological.
Kelly
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