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My experience with Social Security has been a difficult year. At first, my family and I wanted to study, because we thought it would be easy for me to get a job. However, it was not easy. The first time I went to his office, I had to wait long for the employee to give me an application. Long queues were terrible and so overcrowded.
After I finished with the application, sent it to the Social Security and within weeks received a reply. He stated that despite that have difficulty in stressful situations, based on my age and education I could have done a job with simple tasks. What Social Security does not understand is that there is a need for accommodation in order to get a job and keep depending on the severity of a person's mental illness. They do not realize how stressful interviews are working, why disclosure is so difficult, and how difficult it is to keep a job with current technology.
After the first rejection, I submitted another request for reconsideration. This time, the Social Security realized that I have bipolar disorder, which has given me trouble concentrating and relating people, and still felt I could work doing simple tasks. How could they say this to me when they know they have a serious mental illness? How can a person work when there are issues and problems facing the mentally ill? For example, stigma, discrimination, etc.
I thought my battle with the Social Security was a lost cause until they are advised to consult an attorney. The first thing I had to do was fill out an application for a hearing, what a judge can decide my case. When I saw the judge, he could see how nervous I was, and at the hearing, the judge agreed that it should receive my Social Security Disability work.
I feel that this system is ridiculous and unfair to those who suffer from a disability. To go through this fight every time the Social Security reviews your case can damage a person's mental health even more.
If there was a book that helped me then, I probably would have received the second time, if not the first. That probably would not have to get a lawyer either. However, the book was not available at this time.
Today, there is a book about how help people with bipolar disorder or mental illness to win Social Security Disability Benefits. The book is called "bipolar Guide to Winning Social Security Disability. Although a targeted specifically at people with bipolar disorder can be used for other mental illnesses as well. It is an excellent book to get and wish I had a book in my time, would have made things much easier.
For those of you who have bipolar disorder or other mental illness, I recommend who buys this book, especially when you apply for Disability. Do not worry how much this book cost is for your benefit if you have not found a job and help to earn some income for yourself and be more productive and independent life.
My name is Linda Baron Katz and I have Bipolar Disorder and as you see from my experience with Social Security, it is not an easy process, so buy the book and it will tell you everything you need to know about getting Social Security and the incentives that you need to know once you have your benefits. To visit my blog go to: http://bipolardisorder-march21.blogspot.com/2008/02/getting-social-security-disability.html
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