Top Document: FAQ: CFS FAQ Previous Document: Part 4: Income security: Job and/or disability benefits Next Document: 4.02 What problems do I face in seeking disability benefits? This = See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge - If your work is, or will likely be, affected by your illness, educate you= r boss about your condition. Do this soon. You may need their support later when more pr= oblems may arise, and it will be easier to educate them while you are still relati= vely productive and "credible". - Understand that you might have to make some severe changes: a change of j= ob, or perhaps an involuntary loss of your job and a shift to disability benefits. - Beware of the trap of losing important disability benefits if you switch = to part time work. Many CFS patients whose health was spiraling downwards had switched t= o part-time work to preserve their place with their employer. Later, when the= ir health deteriorated even more and they needed to seek disability benefits, they fo= und out too late that those benefits for a part-time employee did not include a livable= income, whereas if they had gone straight from full-time to disability, the disabil= ity payments were much more livable. Be careful. User Contributions:Top Document: FAQ: CFS FAQ Previous Document: Part 4: Income security: Job and/or disability benefits Next Document: 4.02 What problems do I face in seeking disability benefits? This = Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: CFS-L-REQUEST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
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