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how do i get on disability?

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i am a student and i have found that school is a big enough challenge besides working a full or part-time job. it is time to get real about what i can and can't do right now. plus i want my new school to know my condition so i can take advantage of any accomadations they could offer me. i heard that you need a lawyer. that scares me. i am so poor right now i am being helped out by me folks for rent and i clean houses once in awhile to pay the bills and have pocket money. it worries me that after cleaning only one house i am sore and sick for three days aftewards. not a good way to support myself. i live in o klahoma but i plan on moving to Fayetteville, Arkansas at the end of December. i know it can vary from state to state. i was living in s.f. where i would have gotton the best care for diabilty but i had no way to survive until it came through considering my rent was so high. my poarents have been helping me, but that can't last forever. and i recently found oout that my fiance may not be returning to share our apartment in nov. i need help fast. but it seems like the state won't help you unless you have kids(which i don't) and i have heard it is poplicy to turn down everyone for diabilty the firsttime. i am nervous, but i don't have a choice anymore. i am alone in this now, and i need serious help since i was counting on people who probably won't come through for me.help!!!
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File now and then it becomes a waiting game. Usually you will be turned down once. Then again. After that time is when I got lawyer - SS will approve your lawyer and how much they can charge, make sure you get one that doesnt expect to be payed unless you win. Then there will be a court hearing and in that hearing the judge will ask this person who is there whether there is any job within a certain radius of where you live, that you can do. If there is not then your chances are good that this will be your only court hearing and judges decision will be favorable. You may have to do the court thing again tho. I am on some pretty heavy meds not only for the fibro but for a brain tumor too and so when asked if there was work I could do within 90 miles of my home the man was real honest and said noone would hire me as I would be a liability.

Good Luck

(((HUGS)))
Raven
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IT IS SO SAD THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT A LAWYER BEFORE WE SIGN UP FOR DISABILTY B/C EVERYONE HAS BEEN DONE SO WRONG. I GUESS I'M AN EXCEPTION TO THAT RULE, B/C I BREEZED THRU IT. I MADE SURE I HAD ALL MY PAPER WORK COMPLETE BEFORE I WENT IN FOR THE APPT.THIS MAKES THEIR JOB EASIER EVEN THO THEY HAVE TO CHECK OUT ALL THE INFO. I GOT JUST LIKE YOU"SO DISCOUGAGED"BEFORE I WENT IN B/C EVERYONE WAS TELLIN ME TO GET READY TO APPEAL...BUT THAT IS WHEN GOD TOOK OVER AND I DO GIVE HIM THE GLORY FOR IT. IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED LIKE IT DID W/O HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS. WHEN IT ALL CAME TOGETHER, I WAS SO HURT BY THE PEOPLE THAT TOLD ME TO GET READY TO APPEAL, I KNOW THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO HELP, BUT DIDN'T GIVE ME THE HOPE I SO NEEDED. I THINK IT'S A 50/50 THING AND DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH YOU PUT INTO HELPING YOURSELF....PLEASE REALIZE THAT I'M NOT SAYING THIS TO TRY TO START A DEBATE OR MAKE ANYONE ANGRY AT ME, I'M JUST TELLING YOU ANOTHER SIDE ....LOVE....HELEN
Micki55555
Micki55555
HI KrisRose
If you are speaking of Social security Disability It does not vary state to state.It is a federal program.. amounts dont change and the rules are the same no matter where you live.
YOu will need to have worked and paid into social security for a certain amount of quarters depending on your age.. I checked your profile for your age, and it looks like you will need to have worked for about 4 ( full time) years out of the past 8 ,But my feeling is that they will say if you are able to attend school, then you are not disabled and are not qualified to collect.
Raven is correct in that if you feel you are qualified you should apply immedietely because you do lose work credits as time passes and you are NOT working.
Hope this helps
Micki
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