employment

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aaron09
Posts: 5
Joined: Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:17 pm
Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: crused injury to th bp. had surgery involving nerve grafts. nerves taken from my right side. surgery done in st. louis mo., at washington university.

employment

Post by aaron09 »

suffered a tbpi last year and lost my job because i needed two hands to perform it. dont want to not have a job and not work but i dont know what to do. always had a job involving physical labor. not sure what rout to take and i have a four year old son that i want to be proud of me and overcoming this injury but dont know what direction to take. any and all suggestions will be appreciated. thank you.
Carolyn J
Posts: 3424
Joined: Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:22 pm
Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: LOBPI. I am 77 yrs old and never had a name for my injuries until 2004 when I found UBPN at age 66.

My injuries are: LOBPI on upper body and Cerebrael Palsy on the lower left extremities. The only intervention I've had is a tendon transplant from my left leg to my left foot to enable flexing t age 24 in 1962. Before that, my foot would freeze without notice on the side when wearing heels AND I always did wear them at work "to fit in" I also stuttered until around age 18-19...just outgrew it...no therapy for it. Also suffered from very very low self esteem; severe Depression and Anxiety attacks started at menopause. I stuffed emotions and over-compensated in every thing I did to "fit in" and be "invisible". My injuries were Never addressed or talked about until age 66. I am a late bloomer!!!!!

I welcome any and all questions about "My Journey".
There is NO SUCH THING AS A DUMB QUESTION.
Sharing helps to Heal. HUGS do too.
Location: Tacoma WA
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Re: employment

Post by Carolyn J »

Aaron,
PLEASE contact you local office of Dept (sometimes called "Bureau") of Vocational Rehabilitation.Every County seat has an office... look on the Goverment pages of the phone book. DVR/BVR has Federal AND State funding to assist individuals with disabilities train, re-train for employment or attend college level classes; they assess your abilities and interests. There often is a waiting list for services so the sooner you reach out for help there, the better. Every State disperses their Funds differently.

There is a Topic thread somewhere on this web site about DVR/BVR... I, or someone else will try to bump it up for you.

Also, have you applied for Social Security Disability? It usually by law should be processed within 90 days and you do have to be Evaluated by their Doctors etc. If you are denied, you are able to appeal as many times as you need. There is also a Topic Thread on Applying for SSD somewhere we will try to bump it up too.

Good Luck & keep us updated please.
Carolyn J
LOBPI/72
Carolyn J
Adult LOBPI
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