I've been on SSI for years.

Orion — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:39:20 +0000

In reply to Unfit for Work The startling rise of disability in America

I've been on SSI for years. Most of my life has been spent in school. Most of my work has been in newspapers, which don't make a whole lot of income. I don't really know how to make it in the workforce - nobody has ever really talked to me about it. Most jobs rely on a level of interpersonal communication that I literally did not experience at all growing up - having grown up with a parent who seems to believe in telepathy. I don't like this situation but it's what I'm used to.

Alot of other kids were raised like this. It makes no sense - their parents seem disappointed and in disbelief that their kids have become clueless or dependent when they were literally raised that way. Strangely enough, alot of my parents' generation literally sought this scenario out and now seem horrified by what they created.

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trkingmomoe — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:59:06 +0000

In reply to Unfit for Work The startling rise of disability in America

The author does not break down by age who is receiving disability. Baby Boomer bulge and the road blocks that have been up in the past to health coverage maybe the biggest factor. Health care may be another reason for the increase in children receiving it. Some parents have put their child on disability so to guarantee they can receive it when they are adults if the child don't progress into a productive adult or will always have insurance coverage for their chronic medical problems.

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I've been on SSI for years.

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