That's what people are telling me. How do I go about doing that?
2007-07-27 20:22:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ People with Disabilities
When I worked in a surgeon's office I filled out papers for a patient who was disabled. These papers were for his student loan to be "forgiven" because of his diability. I am not sure if was approved or not but neither the loan office or the patient ever asked me to fill out additional papers or give additional info, so I am assuming it was approved. If I remember correctly (and this was several years ago) he had a state student loan though. The papers did come directly from the loan office though.
What you could do is call the student loan office and ask who you talk to about that and you could be sent the proper papers to get this started. As far as I can remember, this patient of ours only had to get our office to fill out and sign the papers.
The reason I remember this so well is that this patient was such a jerk that almost no medical office in town would see him. The ER doctors used to kid with me by telling me that when he showed up in the ER they were going to give him my phone number. This is how bad he was.
Good luck with your student loan.
2007-07-28 05:03:55 · answer #1 · answered by Patti C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, unfortunately. Not sure exactly...but I have student loans myself...and I think they basically follow you for life. :) I know that you can have your loans forgiven only for death and total permanent disability. That means only if you are totally unable to work at all. And it has to have happened SINCE you've been in school.
You may have heard about Vocational Rehabilitation, a government funded program for those with disabilities. Voc Rehab will pay for you to GO to school, but I don't know anything about them repaying loans for you. They'll pay up front for tuition and certain other associated fees.
That would be totally amazing if they paid back loans, since I'm with Voc Rehab and I have massive loans. My loans are basically for my other non-tuition expenses. My counselor's never mentioned anything to me, though, so I'd be very surprised if that were in any way true and I'm very doubtful.
Sorry. Good luck with school!
2007-07-28 04:04:15 · answer #2 · answered by starfishblues 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Were you considered disabled when you applied for them? If you are capable of working you have a moral obligation and probably a legal obligation to pay back what you borrowed.
This is the kind of thing that makes it hard for other disabled people who are in serious need of assistance or when they want to get a mortgage or loan.
2007-07-28 06:19:20 · answer #3 · answered by isotope2007 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋