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This. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people with disabilities who fall through the cracks because they’re able to work, just not to the artificial availabili
by zieben 4y ago
This. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people with disabilities who fall through the cracks because they’re able to work, just not to the artificial availability (and suffering) standard required by the modern labor market. There’s a difference between being able to do useful work and being able to survive the nightmare of a modern-day corporate job where the work demands themselves are low but the emotional labor is enough to take down even people without disabilities, given enough time.
And SSDI is really badly set up, as other posters have noted.
- kayodelycaon 4y agoIt really is. I’m able to work with ADA accommodations, but finding a job I can manage is difficult. It takes me 3~6 months for me to find a job each time I’m out of work. Finding a specialist to manage the medical side of my disability is similar. Through fortunate circumstances (and inheritance), I have successful career and enough energy left over to have some kind of life. If I lived in Europe, the amount of sick and vacation time would allow me to actually heal between episodes. I live in the US, so I’m in a constant state of near burn-out.
- gwbas1c 4y ago> It takes me 3~6 months for me to find a job each time I’m out of work. It takes me 3-6 months and I'm not disabled. That's pretty much the norm in tech, unless you fit into the very small group of people who get lucky and find a job overnight.