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Hi ,

Check with your company/employer to see if they have Long Term

Disability. A couple friends of mine with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome were

able to have their company pay Long Term disability benefits while they

waited for Social Security Disability Insurance to get approved. Also

check with your State about State Disability. I can only speak for

California but California has State Disability which also helps people

with benefit payments while their Social Security Disability Insurance

claims go through. California's State Disability is only one year,

however. Remember, Social Security Disability Insurance doesn't show HOW

disabled you are, or WHAT the disability is, all SSDI cares about is YOU

CANNOT WORK. Make sure you talk to your doctor about this also.

Your nearest Employment Development Department could tell you more about

State Disability and IF your State has it. They should be listed in the

phone book. I am not an attorney, so please don't take this as legal

advice, but I do not think that an employers can " CAN " you simply

because you cannot perform the work required since you have a

disability. I think the employer has an obligation to find you something

you can do for them. Like I said, I am not an attorney and I used to be

completely " up to speed " on this kind of thing when I managed people!

So, check with an attorney, or if that cost is out of the question, try

Legal Aid, I think there are offices in the bigger cities. Maybe they

can help you with some of this. I would encourage you to talk openly

with your supervisor/boss/Human Resources people to see if you might be

" retrained " (by your company) to do something else.

Gretchen

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