Russell.Byars@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Russell Byars) (12/06/90)
Index Number: 12334 [This is from the Advocacy Conference] I'm not really disabled, but I was injured at work and had 4 shoulder surgeries and the shoulder is non-repairable and I will just have to put up with the limited use of it. That's okay, but I was dropped from work and am still on disability and no one to help with retraining. I'm trying to go to school, but financing is about impossible. I'm living on 2/3 of what I used to make and can't afford to retrain myself. I was a cable tv installer and now I'm out of the labor field and with disability insurance set up the way it is. I'll lose money to take a meanial job, and can't afford to do anything else. I really feel for people with disabilities. I can hardly do things I need to. Well I hope that someday people realize that the people who are willing to do the most are usually the people who you think have the least. later Russ -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!89.0!Russell.Byars Internet: Russell.Byars@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org