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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 747591" data-attributes="member: 4152"><p>I too am glad you came here. Good support. Wise things to consider.</p><p></p><p>S S I can be a mixed bag. I suppose for many it takes away motivation and can be extra problematic if they use monies to buy drugs. Of course, many simply can’t work at all. I suspect our daughter sadly might fall in that category.</p><p></p><p>I did know a family with a difficult bipolar daughter. When she got older...perhaps around age 40...she had enough of difficult and very frightening life experiences. She was on S S I. She was able to get a part time job at a grocery store. They knew of her illness. She worked 15-20 hours a week. She never went over her allotted hours. You are allowed to make a small amount part time even on s s I. They even allowed her now and then to take a day off if she felt her mental health was unstable. I was very impressed. She was successful.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, she got sick physically and died in her fifties.</p><p></p><p>But, I was impressed and her family was relieved that for a good ten years she was stable and making it in this world on s s I working part time as well. I think her parents gave her their old car. She only drove it to work. She paid for her apartment and gas. Family members gave her clothing for birthday gifts and so forth.it was working. But it started with her deciding that she had enough of Street life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 747591, member: 4152"] I too am glad you came here. Good support. Wise things to consider. S S I can be a mixed bag. I suppose for many it takes away motivation and can be extra problematic if they use monies to buy drugs. Of course, many simply can’t work at all. I suspect our daughter sadly might fall in that category. I did know a family with a difficult bipolar daughter. When she got older...perhaps around age 40...she had enough of difficult and very frightening life experiences. She was on S S I. She was able to get a part time job at a grocery store. They knew of her illness. She worked 15-20 hours a week. She never went over her allotted hours. You are allowed to make a small amount part time even on s s I. They even allowed her now and then to take a day off if she felt her mental health was unstable. I was very impressed. She was successful. Sadly, she got sick physically and died in her fifties. But, I was impressed and her family was relieved that for a good ten years she was stable and making it in this world on s s I working part time as well. I think her parents gave her their old car. She only drove it to work. She paid for her apartment and gas. Family members gave her clothing for birthday gifts and so forth.it was working. But it started with her deciding that she had enough of Street life. [/QUOTE]
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