Neighbor is living her best life on Disability with "Long Covid"

[Anonymous]

There’s no way she’s getting SSD while on a private disability plan.

You think a private plan won’t make someone prove their life away? I remember having to prove I had a baby and that’s very cut and dry.

[Anonymous]

I’d highly doubt the woman is getting social security disability but federal disability is easy to come by. You get 60% of your pay the first year and 40% each year thereafter until retirement age, then it rolls into retirement like you’ve been working the whole time. You can get another job but if you make more than 80% of your previous income they consider you recovered. So basically you can medically retire from the feds and make more money than if you’d kept that job. The only criteria for the fed retirement is that you are unable to perform the duties of your job and that they can’t find you a comparable job that you’d be able to work.

I had a friend with a legitimate disability who contacted a few lawyers to help with the paperwork- one didn’t even ask about his disability and basically announced that he was was the guy to hire if he wanted to retire. Ultimately that friend ended up getting another job in the government he was capable of doing. Another person I know was on a term appointment and managed to finagle disability retirement. She’s a total scumbag though and just didn’t like working.

[Anonymous]

Woah. I guess in your woRLD, OP, disabled people are only allowed to… sit home by themselves and be “disabled”? What does that look like to you? Sad, lonely and housebound?

The actual answer is that a disability doesn’t necessarily preclude living a happy and healthy life. It just means that to do that, you may need accommodations that some employers are not willing or able to extend.

Maybe your neighbour still has to attend many appointments per week with RTs, physiotherapists, primary care team, pain control team. Perhaps before and after those tennis games, she needs extra rest, medication, pain control, etc. Also, not every tennis game is at the level of Steffi Graf. Disabled people play all kinds of sports.

As far as vacation, I’m not sure what is your point. People with disabilities do get to go on vacation. One of my dearest friends, a senior woman without had polio as a child and has significant physical limitations, has travelled the world, including some exotic location. She travels with her fairly significant limitations in mind.

As far as book club and the like… do you feel that people with disabilities should be hermit shut ins with no brains, hobbies, or friends?

People with disabilities are able to, and should be encouraged to, live healthy, active, and fulfilling lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Woah. I guess in your woRLD, OP, disabled people are only allowed to… sit home by themselves and be “disabled”? What does that look like to you? Sad, lonely and housebound?

The actual answer is that a disability doesn’t necessarily preclude living a happy and healthy life. It just means that to do that, you may need accommodations that some employers are not willing or able to extend.

Maybe your neighbour still has to attend many appointments per week with RTs, physiotherapists, primary care team, pain control team. Perhaps before and after those tennis games, she needs extra rest, medication, pain control, etc. Also, not every tennis game is at the level of Steffi Graf. Disabled people play all kinds of sports.

As far as vacation, I’m not sure what is your point. People with disabilities do get to go on vacation. One of my dearest friends, a senior woman without had polio as a child and has significant physical limitations, has travelled the world, including some exotic location. She travels with her fairly significant limitations in mind.

As far as book club and the like… do you feel that people with disabilities should be hermit shut ins with no brains, hobbies, or friends?

People with disabilities are able to, and should be encouraged to, live healthy, active, and fulfilling lives.

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This thread shows an utter lack of understanding of what is disability. OP and others want to see the stereotype of only physical disability and that's it. After a bad car accident I was in I had severe cognitive issues that left me barely - and I mean barely - able to do my job. But I hid it and masked and made mistakes and tried to power through and it was awful. I can see that if there was no hope of recovery, I would have absolutely thrown in the towel. But I could read fluffy novels and play tennis if I wanted to. I just couldn't remember my colleague's name whom I worked with for five years, or remember how the Zoom functions worked, etc.

[Anonymous]

OP, I promise you that your neighbor isn’t getting SSDI. I went through years of having chronic daily migraine and belonged to a small support group of people with the same. There are income limits for SSDI, which include a spouse’s income. Also, cases get reviewed. The first review happens at 6-18 months and then every three years. The paperwork is super intrusive and burdensome and required medical notes, often from multiple specialists. Many people hire attorney advocates to keep track of it all.

[Anonymous]

Awn. Who caresZ You can get on the dole too, you know.

[Anonymous]

This whole post is a lie.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Long COVID is a scam

+1. And, like OPs neighbor, it mysteriously seems to only afflict UMC white women.

It’s the new POTS or CFS.

Actually long covid is believed to be ME/CFS, which has long been triggered in a non unsubstantial portion of the population following viral infection.

And yes, it’s real.

https://www.statnews.com/2023/09/14/long-covid-me-cfs-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-chronic-fatigue/

It's the same basic condition just affects different people differently.

These conditions are scientifically quantifiable.

Just because someone can save up energy to do something and then rest afterward does not mean they can do that activity every day.

Excellent explanation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My brother was a cop.

His arm doesn’t work so he can’t shoot a gun.

If you look at him he looks fine but he is disabled, he can’t do his job.

Is there something wrong with doing a desk job?

[Anonymous]

You should ask her for tips

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My brother was a cop.

His arm doesn’t work so he can’t shoot a gun.

If you look at him he looks fine but he is disabled, he can’t do his job.

Is there something wrong with doing a desk job?

Nope he does one now.

But his disability insurance insures him for the job he did.

Now he collects disability insurance and has a job.

You rubes don’t seem to understand how insurance works

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is incredibly difficult to get Social Security disability. My adult nephew is severely disabled, and cannot walk, talk, or feed himself. My sister had to jump through hoops and had a home visit and a lot of other things to qualify for SS disability. And she only gets about $1500 a month for him. Barely even covers his food bills.

He may qualify for food stamps and other assistance

Yes, pre-pandemic I don’t think individuals could receive both SSI + Food Stamps.

But I think now they can.
I would definitely tell your Sister to apply for your nephew.
It could help him out w/groceries every month. 👍🏽

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm with OP on this. No respect for people who fraudulently claim disability.

Which you can always tell as an outsider, with 100% accuracy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not one of you criticizing the neighbor has a shred of personal knowledge to say she is faking, scamming, and/or not disabled.

So STFU and MYOB.

Period.

This. Y'all need to mind your own business, lest you find out the hard way how ableist you are. You are one accident away from disability yourself.

Careful who you curse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is just as bad as rumors about so-called welfare queens. Social security disability is extremely hard to get and pays very little. Other long term disability insurance plans are usually for a limited term, so one can’t live off them forever, especially someone as young as the OP claims her neighbor to be.

This is terrible propaganda and should not be allowed on DCUM.

OP & Co are stupid, jealous, petty women who don't realize the harm they cause by gossiping. It's just one step removed from doxxing and sending actual threats to innocent people.

Some (stupid) people enjoy cursing themselves.