United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

Ok you got my blood boiling,I want all parents with cases in court about there child with Erbs to write me Please . Todate I have prove Erbs is a disiability In the Illinois Dept Of human Rights, I am now In the charge At The Illinos civil Rights commission with the charge of Discrimiation not just on my Erbs but my age To! I have life long record to prove my case! I got this far without a lawyer now I have one! I have had the doctor 50years ago state Erbs was A deformite please dont tell me they do that now? You know my deteriation and now I am awareness to.Forget I am not great at spelling.The ball is your corner I will help the best I can as I can.I got another job driving a semi finialy and I still drive That Semi with only Simplie Grasp and over 20years with safe Driving.Man am I mad your child or you should not haveto deal with This!!! Tom

Way to go Tom. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please you no I am albout determiation and I know that you know I am just a person who live a life with Erbs! I want to help you with your case, I am not a lawyer just one child that never gave up and god bless the parent here to! If you have a case tell me about it? If your child is trying to something I probely will have the answer! If I can make a parent undersand and help the child and a parent here than thats what I am trying to do!I will never post doom and gloom, I never live my life this way and If I can take the weight off your shoulders just a little and tell you you need to have a life and your child to! I belive I can help because I live a life without one,I did get help.and have 5 friends from 3rd grade,a wife I have been married to for 24 years and yes even with Erbs I am bless to.If I can help I will just please ask me?Tom

Well when I win my Human Rights case that will be good for all of us! When I retire I would Love to go to a case when there is a parent fighting a doctor and I was a expert witness! Let that doctor say anything and it is so easy for a doctor to defendend them self againsts a mother and child who were injuierd with erbs because to of the unknown facter of your child future ! good luck doc I could explain what it means to live the life with Erbs That was impossed on me and my parents!And telling me my drop wrist,spinlt that I wore,and the facture elbow from birth I was told my hole life that what happen to my Erbs arm was aDeformite.I dont think a jury or a judge could look at me or that child or mother and not have compasion for the child with Erbs or there Parents! I am just so Mad You Have To deal with that some Doctors still are seen like they can make a mistake and you have to suffer by there denile!I am So Mad!!! Tom

I dont want names what ever here! I do not want a lawyer for the otherside to read any of this for pending charges! only cases that are over! yeah right! If ever I get into court,The innocent will be protected by the facts of my life and when I retire that is what I will offer the complaints atornney!Tom Yes I am so mad for you!!!I have a hole life of trying to have one YOU AND YOUR CHILD NEED ONE!!!

Question" Does the State of Illinois reconize Erb's Palsy as a disability?" The reason for my question is that other parents here in Illinois that I have spoken with has had problems trying to get disability benefits for their child and I have feared trying to apply due to the number of rejections I've heard.

Are there any states out there that thinnk a brachial plexus injury is a disability?

Rachel,
I retired early as a state employee of Ohio (Kent State is a state school) with a disability. They recognized my brachial plexus injury as a disability. I got it on my first application, didn't even need to appeal.
Nancy

Rachel
When I applied for disability they said I had to be 5 months out of work and without pay. They said I had to be considered a "new" injury. I had to write a resume detailing what I could and could not do and all of the jobs I held over my life time along with a description of volunteer activities... when I did not hear from them I contacted them and was told my application was under Federal Review... just by chance.

I finally got it. after two years on disability was told that I could collect my full SS... that was strange considering I was 62 when I finally gave up and applied.

I assumed I would have no problem because I always worked and once I started to have problems I cut my hours and salary to part time then even cut that time. The only thing that did for me was to lower my SS payments for life. I was over 10 years part time and that made the difference. I feel I made a big mistake not filing sooner instead of trying to work all I accomplished was to lower the $ amount on my SS.

Kath