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Finding work
Tue, 07/07/2009 - 07:47My first seizure happened when I was a sophmore in high school , I simply stared for a minute or so. People told me I replied and functioned normally but I couldn't remember anything that happened and what was simply staring stretched on forever in my mind.
However, I was misdiagnosed with psycho-analytical seizures and told that expensive therapy would help me eventually get over it. This continued for a year and the seizures got worse in frequency and the things that happened during one (I went from staring to drooling, screaming, convulsions and loss of bladder control). I got a job right away after I turned 16, but I was let go for perfectly understandable reasons. After seeking a second opinion I was finally diagnosesed with epilepsy.
I'm 20 now and with the number of seizures I have during the month, effects of medication, my own job experience and not being able to drive limiting my job options, is there any recommened places I can apply to? I want to help my parents, who have been nothing but supportive, with the costs of hospital stays, medication and now college loans.
I've heard of online jobs, but it's hard to find one that isn't just a scams. Is there some kind of referal site I could go to? Would an epilepsy support group be able to help me with employment?
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Re: Finding work
Submitted by 3Hours2Live on Tue, 2009-07-07 - 21:19
Re: Finding work
Submitted by 9livecat on Wed, 2013-07-31 - 18:29
3Hours i hope you pressed criminal charges against that teacher.
have you tried getting work at a different law firm that practices a different type of law, business law for instance, something where it's less hectic? or a disability law firm...hmm. good luck.
as for social security dept. i hear you. i filed for SSI mind you which according to the forms is supposed to allow one to work part time and receive assistance/ they never contacted my eliptologist @ the county to verify my condition and ruled i am not disabled. department of assistive and rehabilitative services was saying they would help me get a job whether or not i got SSI/then declined when SSI said im not disabled.hey i have epilepsy im not crippled! oh and they said if i applied for SSI then they can't help me get work cause its saying im disabled and can't work.
and if you have what they think is too much money of your own they don't want to help you either.
3Hours i hope you pressed criminal charges against that teacher.
have you tried getting work at a different law firm that practices a different type of law, business law for instance, something where it's less hectic? or a disability law firm...hmm. good luck.
as for social security dept. i hear you. i filed for SSI mind you which according to the forms is supposed to allow one to work part time and receive assistance/ they never contacted my eliptologist @ the county to verify my condition and ruled i am not disabled. department of assistive and rehabilitative services was saying they would help me get a job whether or not i got SSI/then declined when SSI said im not disabled.hey i have epilepsy im not crippled! oh and they said if i applied for SSI then they can't help me get work cause its saying im disabled and can't work.
and if you have what they think is too much money of your own they don't want to help you either.
Re: Finding work
Submitted by Frank Lee on Sat, 2013-08-03 - 00:30
Thanks for the input. If I was born 2 years prior, I would also be a Baby-Boomer. My thought was to approach hospitals with board members of Epilepsy Foundation on their staff.
Who else would understand better? Possible jobs as transcribers, medical records, etc. If you have any suggestions on how to approach a hospital with specific job requests, please let me know. Two part-time jobs would be better than no job. I still don't have enough put away to retire on; will possibly be working to my mid-70's.
Thanks for the input. If I was born 2 years prior, I would also be a Baby-Boomer. My thought was to approach hospitals with board members of Epilepsy Foundation on their staff.
Who else would understand better? Possible jobs as transcribers, medical records, etc. If you have any suggestions on how to approach a hospital with specific job requests, please let me know. Two part-time jobs would be better than no job. I still don't have enough put away to retire on; will possibly be working to my mid-70's.