when signing out forms to apply for disability / filling out a form for diagnosis
you’re supposed to fill it out as you on your worst days
like, I filled out forms that said I could do most things usually
like, my doctor added in the conditions like “yeah, they can feed themselves when not stressed” “they can do this when not stressed”
but how I should have filled it out was more like
“some days I can’t feed myself” “some days I can’t leave the house”
My doctor didn’t even know this, but I talked to someone who had worked with people with both developmental and intellectual disabilities for a number of years, and she told me to write down how it is for your bad days
this should be a thing they tell you, but it isn’t
part of the reason I didn’t get my autism diagnosis as soon as I should have is because I filled out forms wrong!
This also goes for filling out forms for disabled parking rights. I’ve been rejected multiple times for a pass cause I didn’t find this out till recently.
Wow
Also you’re generally supposed to fill it out as you are without help.
That throws me too. Because the more help I get, the more capable I get. It’s easy to forget what happens when the help falls away even partially let alone completely.
Hi everyone, if you guys could please donate and/or share this it would mean so much to me. This would help me out so so much!
here’s an update as of August 4th:
thank you so much to everyone sharing and donating, please continue to share and donate if you can. last night i had an incredible chance to attend my first concert but it was incredibly difficult to do so and i actually ended up falling twice so i really need an accessible vehicle!
as of august 7th:
thank you so much to everyone sharing this and donating! it means so much to me that you all want to help. please continue to share to help me gain my independence!
as of august 27th:
we’ve passed 3k! thank you all so much, I can’t tell you how grateful i am, honestly. This absolutely means the world to me. I know some people struggle to find the link, I’m sorry about that. Here is the link: https://www.gofundme.com/vyqfze-help-me-get-an-accessible-van
I also have a paypal and a cashapp!
Paypal: ssciatta@yahoo.com
Cash app: $sciatta
as of september 23rd:
again, thank you all so much for the donations! i’ve also gotten donations through paypal and the cashapp and i really appreciate all of your help! i can’t say thank you enough!
as of november 2nd:
i wanted to give an update since i haven’t in a while. we made some progress and i appreciate it so much! the updates are less frequent because the amount of notes kind of makes me…anxious kjgrvh but i truly appreciate everyone for spreading this and helping me!
