Should genuine disabled people get?

Question

a lot more monetry help from the government?

Answer 1

Yes, my wife is in a wheelchair and gets no help

Answer 2

I slowly became disabled since 1992 when I started spontaneously breaking bones. I've had 60 fractures that I know of; all documented on X-ray or bone scan. Mayo Clinic calls it "idiopathic fractures." In other words, they don't know what causes this disorder.

Then, in 2001 my left hip slowly cracked and completely broke over the course of a week.

I was working 20 hours a week as an RN. (Yes, it was painful, but I kept going.) My employer---the Federal Government--decided I was becoming a liability and, as they put it: "The Veteran's Administration is under no obligation to create a [sitting] position for you. Therefore you are relieved of your duties as staff nurse and employment at this agency." I received that letter on Oct. 31, 2001, also known as Halloween. Some trick, hey?

My income was drastically reduced to disability retirement levels. I do not qualify for Social Security because during my 25 year career working for the feds, I was not paying into the SS system. You have to work at a job that pays into the SS system during the last 10 years of your employment. The fact that I worked in the private sector for 10 years before becoming a federal employee doesn't matter.

I had 7 surgeries on my left leg alone. Twice the hip dislocated (which is much more painful than the original fracture) even though I followed all the rules. I have a total hip replacement now. I also have a total knee replacement of the right knee because my gait had changed so much since the hip fracture. The scar is 24" long. I spent the entire year of 2006 in hospitals, rehab nursing homes, or a hospital bed in my home. To top it off, I just found out today that I need carpal tunnel surgery on both hands due to all that time I was ordered to use a walker. I use a cane now. 2006 was not a good year.

My medical problems have now cost over a million dollars. If it weren't for the fact that my husband has insurance, I would be reduced to living below the poverty level. Because of my erradic medical problems, no employer will hire me. I've tried. Now, I design and make artful canes for those of us who hate those stupid aluminum things. They bring in a few dollars from time to time.

So, to answer your question: YOU BETTER BELEIVE people with disabilities should get more monetary help! All I get is my once a month peanut of a check. Nothing else.

OH! I almost forgot. I DID qualify for a disabled parking card to put in the car window! ..........................wowwww....

One thing to keep in the back of your mind: No one escapes medical problems during their lifetime. Although you won't find it easy to accept the idea, you too will hit a HUGE bump in your road of life because of the medical problems you or a loved one will have. No one lives a charmed life.

That's LIFE!

Answer 3

Not all disabled people live in group homes or in assisted living (one poster mentioned how these homes would raise their prices). The western countries treat disabled people shamefully and there isnt one politician in Canada who is willing to even comment, or answer a question about disability benefts. Basically there have been no increases since 1980 in Canada - disabled people often end up homeless for this reason.

There is NO way a disabled person capable of independent living who doesnt have their own house already paid for can even afford to pay rent in any of the larger cities in Canada, never mind buy food and other necessities. Not on what the Government provides-

Gurly Gurl the disabled do NOT get free housing or any other "freebies" that I know of - I think your information is really wrong, I dont know where you got it from. Depending on income they might get free basic medical coverage but thats about it. Someone has to pay the caregivers, and whatever a person who lives in an assisted environment gets for a benefit goes towards paying for the care they receive.

They dont just hand them their whole benefit for them to do as they wish with it. It goes directly to the home they are living in

Answer 4

Yes and no.

Most people with disabilities can work--and want to. But there is acutally little legal protectionagainst discrimination--and this is true not only in dthe work place but in schools.

The real help--that society OWES al citizens--is equal opportunity. Handing out money is an easy way for people to ease their conciences--but it does not change--or inhumanity-- the inhumanity of being excluded.

Financial help--andyes, more--should be made available, especially the minority who really canot work. But-IF the patterns of exclusion and discriination are changed--there will be far less persons with disabilities ho need help--and on balance,the costs would be far lesss--even if the financial aid that is provided is raised to a decent level (which, right now, it isn't).

Answer 5

Our disabled get $623 a month on SSI, I don't know if they get section 8 or other help maybe food stamps and Medicaid that only pays 3 prescriptions a month. That isn't much money and if they need to hire things done because they can't do them not nearly enough. Some still have parents to do things for them but my cousin will lose his parents soon, his dad is in a nursing home and his mom spends her time with him most of the time so taking care of their son isn't her main focus and she is 79 with heart problems.
He may end up in assisted living if he doesn't have parents any more.

Answer 6

So many sad stories, people with a disability have so much to cope with, of course they need more money, if only to take away some of the stress they live under.
Kick out the illegals, get the boys back from Iraq, pay MPs a performance related wage, that would bring in a few million for a start.

Answer 7

I think the type and amount of help should depend upon they type of disability and the need. For example, I am profoundly hearing impaired. I have a friend who is totally blind. Neither of us get money from the government, and I don't think we should. I don't even claim the tax deduction for my hearing dog because I would have a dog for a pet if I had normal hearing, and the expenses would be the same. We both have six figure incomes, and do not need government assistance. I know six people who need financial assistance to overcome the effects of their disabilities. There is not enough money for what they need.

Answer 8

YEA!!! My mother is GENUINELY disabled and doesn't get much help at all. She tries to make it on her own but it is hard. Just getting an apartment complex to put handicap parking so she could get to her apartment easier was a task. Just for her to even GET a handicap park tag was hard enough. The woman has more metal in her leg not to mention one is 2 inches shorter. It would be NICE if the government would help her with a loan assistance so she could BUY a house. She works hard and has paid more than her share into taxes. It would be NICE if the government would help her with her MEDICAL bills. Illegals get more help than she does. It would be NICE if the government would recognize her disability and maybe give HER social security like so many OTHER undeserving people. So YEA I would say she needs more help. Maybe if she says (ME SPEAKY NO ENGLISH) then she would get more government help. NOOOOOOOT!!!!

Answer 9

I am on disability and wish I could work. I can’t make my living expenses on my disability check so my dad sends me money each month. I don’t spend my money foolishly on cable, satellite or restaurants but am able to get by with his help. He is in his 90’s now and when he passes away I don’t know what I will do to survive. I can’t even get food stamps or Medicaid as I am just over the limit. Also many businesses are not wheelchair friendly, even the local mall has no help devises for those in wheelchairs who have no assistance. I am lucky this does not affect me at the present but it use to and may again in the future.

Answer 10

I have no objection to my taxes going to those who have a genuine disability but that's not always the case at present - simple abuse of the disabled permits is just one example as well as those who sit at home refusing to work and complaining about not "earning" enough money

With the amount of people sitting at home on the benefits the real people in need will never get want they truly need

Answer 11

Yes!

This is because they usually have more expense than most, this due to medication (its not uncommon for some people to be on a cocktail of medication, some of which are not covered by health insurance), mobility aides and vehicles, adaptive technology, carers or home support, special diets or foods, other types of medical supplies such as feeding tubes/pegs etc, and the cost of diapers/nappies etc. Even the cost of seeing a specialist on a on going basis, to manage and monitor the disability.

I am sure there is a whole lot more that I have not listed