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Thankfully,
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disorders have web resources available on a variety of
subjects. We've grouped similar items, references, and links
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- Staying
on the Job
- These strategies for securing and implementing workplace
accommodations can remedy some of the frustrations CFIDS sufferers
experience in the
workplace. Backstrom
/ The CFIDS Chronicle
- Working
and FM FM Online
- Self-Evaluation
- The Key to Work Future FM
Frontiers / Backstrom
- Economic
Self-sufficiency & Employment Issues The CFS Empowerment Project
- Workplace
Issues/Accomodations
CFIDS Association of America
- Return
to Work CFIDS Association of America
- Job
Accomodation Network
JAN
- 7
Habits For Regaining Power in the Workplace With Chronic
Illness CICoach.com
- MP3:
Chronic Conditions at Work: Strategies for Managing Your Work
Environment
- Book:
I'd rather Be Working A Step-by-Step Guide to Financial Self-Support
for People with Chronic Illness Gayle Backstrom
- Book:
Get Your Life Back - Overcoming Chronic Illness One Day at a Time
Deb DePorter (spoke to Nova group. Chapter on CFS.)
- The
Americans With Disabilities Act - What Persons With Fibromyalgia Need
to Know
- A
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Case Study Chronic Illness Coach
- Making money online, even with CFS or FM - e-books, affiliate Programs, finders fees BellaOnline, The Voice of Women, Fibromyalgia and CFS Site
- Work Issues BellaOnline, The Voice of Women, Fibromyalgia and CFS Site
- How do
you Work from Home when You are Chronically Ill or Disabled? Sleepy Dust
- Research
& Rehab Training Center on Workplace Supports and Job Retention VCU
- Employment
Opportunities
American Association for People with Disabilities
- Careers
& the disABLED Magazine, Help Wanted, Job Fairs
- College:
DePaul
University Chronic Illness Initiative
- ENDependence
Center of Northern Virginia Disability Resource Library ECNV
ECNV maintains 3 computers for drop-in use by all consumers with
disabilities to access the Internet for information searches or to just
refine their resume
- Managing
chronic health conditions on the job The Boston Globe - Aug
29, 2004
An increasing number of Americans with medical issues survive -- and
thrive -- at work
- Keep
Working Girlfriend - Women, Work, and Chronic Illness Joffe & Friedlander
- Employment
Justice Center D.C. Employment Justice Center
- Laurie
Mitchell Employment Center Alexandria, VA
- Federal
employment protection during a medical crisis (FMLA) iCan!
- iCan!
The Leading Disability Community, Employment Channel iCan!
- CFS/FM
: Is It Time To Quit Your Job? Williams, Sleepy-Dust Ezine
- Is
Disability Right for You? FMAware Online / Lazo &
Amato
- Hidden
Disabilities: FMS/CFIDS Steen
- Be
Your Own CFS Disability Medical Expert Witness Richard Podell
- Be
Your Own Fibromyalgia Medical Expert Witness Richard Podell
- FM,
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, & Disability Evaluation Podell / ImmuneSupport
- Legal
Issues Index (Health Insurance, Disability, Work) CFIDS Association
- Disability
Articles Index NFA
/ FM Aware
- Disinissues
- Disability Benefits Information
Schweitzer / CFIDS-ME. org
- Disinissues-L
Email List
- Assessing and
Documenting Impairment in CFS CFIDS Provider Education Project
- Exercise
testing lacks value for predicting employment status in CFS Nijs, DeMeirleir
- Fibromyalgia
and the Disability Dilemma:
A new era in understanding a complex multidimensional pain syndrome
Bennett / NFA / Arthritis and Rheumatism Volume 39: pages 1627-1634,
1996
Specific
to Social Security Disability Insurance/Income (SSDI):
- Dealing
with Disability Beamer
/ NFA FM Online
"I didn’t want to retire. I wanted to keep working."
- Tips for Winning a Fibromyalgia Disability Case...and...What actually happens at a Social Security Disability Hearing? Jonathan Ginsberg at ImmuneSupport
- Anxiety Relief
Strategies: SSDI - Toni Marshall, CFSupport
- Applying For Social Security Disability and SSI Drew Johnson / ProHealth
- Myths about
Social Security Disability Claims - Mitch Lambros
- When
Is Disability Appropriate? FMAware Online / Matallana
- Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Patients:
Should You File a Disability Claim? Davis / ProHealth
- CFIDS
- SS Disability CFIDS Association
of America
- Disability Claim Killers - What you don't know could be fatal to your Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) claim! Scott Davis / ProHealth
- Disability
in a Nutshell for CFS (E-book only, $5), More Smith
- Disability
in a Nutshell for CFS (Print Edition, $5), More CFIDS Association
- Disability
Evaluation in a Nutshell Article Smith / CFS Research Review
- SS
Publications for Applicants & Their Doctors DisabilityFacts.com, Smith
- Fifteen
Key Questions About [SS] Disability Benefits Douglas Smith
- Obtaining
Disability Benefits - David versus Goliath? Davis / ProHealth
- Obtaining
Disability Benefits: How and When to Talk to Your Doctor NFA / Davis
- Social
Security Disability
Articles Scott
Davis
- Social
Security Disability
Lawyers and Settlements
- Social
Security Disability Secrets Tim Moore
- Social
Security: The Role of the Physician NFA / Potter
- Social
Security Online - Disability Programs Social
Security Admin.
- Social
Security Ruling 99-2p for CFS Social Security Admin.
- Video:
Social Security Hearing Preparation Vocational
Consultants
- Disability
Handbook: How to Apply for SSD if you have CFS
Mass. CFIDS Assoc.
- Fibromyalgia
Course, Lesson 7: Applying for Disability Suite 101
- Why Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) & Fibromyalgia (FM) Sufferers Lose Their SSDI Claims Mizrahi / ProHealth
Specific to Private, Employer, Short Term & Long Term
Disability (LTD):
- LTD
Claims: Overview of the Claims Process and Practical Considerations
11 page Meeting Handout by Charles Fuller. Updated 2/16/07. (PDF)
- Finding
Success in the Disability Wars Frankel
& New Field / CFIDS Chronicle 2004
The expert authors offer practical tips to guide you through the
minefields laid by your insurer. Read this and you’ll have a fighting chance
of winning your long-term disability claim.
- Tips
for Successful Disability Applications FM Online / Kantor
- CFIDS
- Long Term Disability CFIDS Association
of America
- 14
Ways to Guarantee that Your Long-Term Disabilty Claim is Denied
and You Lose in Court Benjamin
Glass III
- Fibromyalgia
and Long Term Disability Insurance Mark D. DeBofsky
- Longtime
Problems with Long-Term Disability Insurance (PDF) CFIDS Chronicle 2006
- UnumProvident
Denied Disability Claims Lawyers and Settlements
- Delays,
Denials & Deceptions: The truth about LTD insurance CFIDS Chronicle 1996
General
- Short
Course In Disability Income Sharon Smilth / Talk About Sleep
- Book:
Persistence is Power! A Real-World Guide for the Newly Disabled Employee
- Overview
of SSDI, LTD, & Federal Retirement (PDF, Handout)
Andalman
& Flynn
- Mental
and Physical Disability Law ABA Com on Mental and
Physical Disability Law
- Invisible
Disabilities Advocate Sherri L. Connell
- DisabilityInfo.gov
The White House
- Ability
Maine Ability Maine
- iCan
iCan, Inc.
- Disability
Resources American
Association for People with Disabilities (AAPD)
- DC
Employment Justice Center D.C. Employment Justice
Center
- ENDependence
Center of Northern Virginia Disability Resource Library ECNV
- Information
on Disability for Empowerment Advocacy & Support
IDEAS
Disability Resources including ADA,
ARCs,
Arthritis/Skeletal & Skin, Assistive Technology, Autism,
Blindness,
Brain & Spinal Injury, Centers for Independent Living, Cerebral
Palsy, Cystic Fibrosis, Deafness, Developmental Disability, Down
syndrome, Easter Seals, Learning Disability, Legal Help, Mental Health,
Neurological, Parenting, Recreation & Arts, and more.
- Easing the Financial Strain of FM FM Online June 2007 / Deffner
- The Home Front FM Online June 2007 / White
- How to Pay Those Impossible Medical Bills FM Online Feb 2008
- Write us an email for how to get a free issue of The CFIDS Chronicle
- Hardship memberships sometimes available from
Non-Profit Organizations. Ask!
- Scholarships, reduced registrations available to some
CFIDS and FMS conferences.
- Some health practitioners give discounts to those who
pay cash.
- Telephone
- Power Utilities
- NOVEC Operation Round Up - for heating bills (703) 335-0500
- Virginia Energy Assistance: VA Dept of Social Services Info Line 800-230-6977
- Do from home: Save gas money and wear and tear on your car, on your body
- Tax Relief for certain income level: Real Estate,
Personal Property
- Student
Loans are often forgiven/discharge for the disabled
- Free
Wheelchair Mission
- Travel
Discounts for Disabled
- Affordable Health Care
- Medicaid Tips
- VA, 2007: "Medicaid Works."
This new work incentive opportunity offered by the Virginia Medicaid
program for individuals with disabilities who are employed or who want
to go to work. Medicaid Works is a Medicaid plan option that will
enable workers with disabilities to earn higher income and retain more
in savings, or resources, while ensuring continued Medicaid coverage.
This voluntary plan option will allow enrollees to have annual earnings
in 2007 as high as $40,905 and resources up to $25,577. Medicaid
Works is available to current and new Medicaid enrollees who are blind
or have a disability, have income in 2007 of no more than $681 per
month for a single individual ($913 if a couple) and resources of no
more than $2000 if single ($3000 if a couple). To apply or
request more information, contact the Department of Family Services
at: 703-324-7500 or TTY 703-222-9452 For more program
information go to www.vaaccses.org
Disclaimer:
NoVA CFS/FMS Support Group members are not medical,
counseling, or legal professionals. Please seek qualified practitioners
for diagnosis,
treatment and legal advice.
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