I have a friend who was injured outside of sams 3 yrs ago and broke her fingers on right hand.. she still to this day cant use her right hand on regular basis.. would she qualify for disability? and would she still be able to work?
2007-11-08 05:10:40 · 5 answers · asked by Jessica G 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Disability payments are for people that can not work or are unable to earn near what they were making before the injury. if your friend is able to earn the same money she would not likely qualify for disability. if she is unable to work or can only work at much lower paying jobs she MAY qualify for disability. She may also qualify for retraining which will help he get a better job where the loss of movement on those fingers is not an issue.
2007-11-08 05:15:40 · answer #1 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can earn a small amount on disability such as part time at a sheltered workshop. However, disability usually means that you cant work at all. I'm assuming that she got a settlement from Sams so she should consider taking courses to find others ways that she can be employed in a job where limited use of her right hand would be OK.
2007-11-08 13:20:43 · answer #2 · answered by Diane M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person can do anything they want if they put their mind to it. You can work and collect disability payments concurrently; however, this would be fraud. In that case you would get 3 meals and a place to sleep in jail.
A better alternative would be to look to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973. It mandated the establishment of rehabilatation programs in all the states. The rehabilatation programs can offer training for a new career that doesn't exacerbate the disability. Money is issued to the states for this in the form of catagorical formula grants. It's a combination of federal and state funding. Once rehabilated you can work and pay lots of taxes and the state and the federal government recover their costs. Vocational rehabilatation counselors are a pitiful bunch. All they want is to get you employed and out of their office, because then they can say you are successfully rehabilated. They often welcome a revolving door policy where they rehabilate the same person over and over. It's a numbers game.
It is best to study Sun Tsu's " The Art of War," and then prepare to litigate with them. The rehab counselor will never let you know all the benefits available to you because they just want to get you out of their office on the cheap. You must fight them on their turf. Pick an educational plan of your dreams and pursue it. When the counselor tries to destroy those dreams, bring in their boss. Then bring in the District Manager and finally bring in the people appointed from the governor's office to fly in from all over the state. Then you can have hearings. Remember, those people were appointed because they only say nice things about the Dept. of Rehabilitation. Turn in your college grades of A's and B's and let them try to kick you out of school. Nothing is free and if you want something you must fight for it. Once you're in school for a year you may want to transfer to another state where rehab is less litigious.
I fought them and got a full ride scholarship for 6 years. After that I worked and got a masters in less than 2 years. I paid for the masters degree myself. I made lots of money and they were paid back tenfold.
BTW, Get a copy of the operating manual for the state department of rehabilitation. It is public information. Rehabilitation Counselors don't like people to see it because people might actually ask for all the benefits they are entitled to.
2007-11-08 13:57:50 · answer #3 · answered by rick w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't mean to sound rude, but I was a caregiver for a paraplegic who held a full time job at NASA. He had an accident at age 14 and didn't let it stop him from going to college to become an engineer. She could apply for a grant and go to school to learn a trade and be able to support herself if she is found to be disabled. I have a disability and work full time. You are very limited to what you can make while drawing disability, and trying to live on approximately $602 a month even with food stamps and low income housing is nearly impossible with the cost of utilities being what they are.
2007-11-08 13:16:37 · answer #4 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think a lot of people on disability can work, do something.
It kind of makes me mad when people try to look for the easy way out. Tell her to find a job that she can do. She may have to be flexible or learn a new skill.
Besides, who wants to sit home all day like a bum?
2007-11-08 13:15:14 · answer #5 · answered by Unsub29 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋