In the US you have to have worked to qualify for Disability

[anon54988740]

In my case I got back pay minus the lawyer’s 33%. My case manager used it to rent an apartment for me, as I was living in homeless transitional housing.

[schizo_freak]

i’ve been working since i was 16, and i’m 38 now. i got SSDI when i was 31, so i worked a good 15 years. there were short periods i didn’t work due to the illness but ive been pretty consistently working my whole life.

if your benefit amount is low enough, working while on benefits will increase your benefit. mine increases every year cause i make a lot that i’m allowed to but also dont have a high benefit amount. @anon80490300

[anon80490300]

Thanks for the info @schizo_freak

[Bowens]

I worked from 16 to around 41 or 42. I’m 48 now and have been on disability for about a year and a half.

[anon54988740]

Thanks Bowen. How are you doing this evening?

[Bowens]

I’m doing ok. Just took my meds. Not too tired yet. How are you?

[anon54988740]

Same here. Just took my meds. I’m not super tired. My friend said she was going to call me at 10pm, but she hasn’t called yet. I think I’m going to be up all night talking to her.

[Bowens]

What time is it there, 10:34 like it is here?

[Montezuma]

Hey we’re on the same time zone!

[anon54988740]

It’s 10:37pm, same as yours.

[Bowens]

Well I hope you get your phone call soon. Hope she doesn’t keep you up all night waiting for it .

[anon54988740]

I think I’m going to text her. Maybe it won’t wake her up if she’s asleep.

[agent101g]

I think it’s silly that people who got disabled later in life get more pay.

It’s not your fault if you were crippled earlier on. This “how much have you contributed to society in your healthy years” thing is awfully Lord of the Flies-ish if you ask me.

[Kxev]

I totally agree.
They base it on Lifetime Earnings. The higher you earn over your career, the higher you will earn from SSDI benefits. This is because taxpayers fund SSDI, and the more you contribute, the more you will earn if you become disabled.

It’s not right, but that’s why I keep my SSDI a secret cause taxpayers look down on me even though I already payed into the system for 20+ years of working.

[Green]

Thank god the uk has NHS or I’ll be screwed.

[anon69073975]

Im not qualified for disability. I think I have Bipolar1. I just dont want to get SSI and be told I cant work or need accommodations. I dont. I can work. Even though It was unfair i was denied, and I am slacking on course work…I cant make that an excuse to give up on a successful future and career. I wont give up, even if Im being pressured out of fear/control or whatever reason. I can’t live under a blanket my whole life. It may be time for me to set sail.