Advocate or attorney for disabled
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:06 pm
I am really hoping you can help me find some help for resources. I have a disability that greatly limits my ability to stay awake, alert, focus, remember, concentrate, stay on task, or complete things so it's very hard for me to look things up myself and see if I qualify or complete anything or even make phone calls most of the time. I also have severe back problems and recently had a spinal fusion and will likely have another one for two more vertebrae soon. I'm in a lot of pain most of the time.
I was rendered permanently disabled in January of 2016 after a successful career of 22 years. I am a single mother of a 12 year old girl, 100% of the time without child support, and live in an apartment. I haven't been paid since November of 2014 and can't pay my bills. I need to file bankruptcy but can't come up with the money to file. I have a lot of debt due to a divorce on multiple credit cards so I get many phone calls daily. I also have a medical bill in collections.
I also have a dog that is in dire need to see the vet as she is hypothyroid and it's causing her to get aggressive. Due to her thyroid problem she has lost most of her hair, has a skin infection that smells badly, a problem with her elbow that has a skin like thing that bleeds, needs her shots, rabies shot, thyroid medication and follow up blood testing, and heart-worm and flea medication. I can't afford food for her.
Also, the long term disability insurance company of my former employer is fighting my case and I have an attorney and he will get a hefty portion when I win but is not doing much of anything for my case, stalling for 6 months at each step (to the last day appeals can be submitted) and doesn't return my emails. I would like to know, if you have any way of assistance, if I can fire my attorney and get a different one...possibly without a fee?
I have applied for SSDI and am waiting for my hearing which will be a year from now.
Also, I have a ton of medical records, paperwork to go through, requirements from the disability cases to respond to by certain dates after looking through a ton of medical records, and things like that that I just can't hardly do because I'm not alert enough hardly ever and can't concentrate. Are there any ways to get help with this or get an advocate or something to help me with following through with what I need to do? I can't do it and can't miss the deadlines or forget to submit very important information that might cause me to lose my cases.
My son and I do have food benefits and Medicaid. We live in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
I would so greatly appreciate any help or any information you could send to me. I greatly appreciate your time.
If you could mail paperwork, as well as email, that would be very helpful. Please let me know and I will give you my address.
Thank you.
I was rendered permanently disabled in January of 2016 after a successful career of 22 years. I am a single mother of a 12 year old girl, 100% of the time without child support, and live in an apartment. I haven't been paid since November of 2014 and can't pay my bills. I need to file bankruptcy but can't come up with the money to file. I have a lot of debt due to a divorce on multiple credit cards so I get many phone calls daily. I also have a medical bill in collections.
I also have a dog that is in dire need to see the vet as she is hypothyroid and it's causing her to get aggressive. Due to her thyroid problem she has lost most of her hair, has a skin infection that smells badly, a problem with her elbow that has a skin like thing that bleeds, needs her shots, rabies shot, thyroid medication and follow up blood testing, and heart-worm and flea medication. I can't afford food for her.
Also, the long term disability insurance company of my former employer is fighting my case and I have an attorney and he will get a hefty portion when I win but is not doing much of anything for my case, stalling for 6 months at each step (to the last day appeals can be submitted) and doesn't return my emails. I would like to know, if you have any way of assistance, if I can fire my attorney and get a different one...possibly without a fee?
I have applied for SSDI and am waiting for my hearing which will be a year from now.
Also, I have a ton of medical records, paperwork to go through, requirements from the disability cases to respond to by certain dates after looking through a ton of medical records, and things like that that I just can't hardly do because I'm not alert enough hardly ever and can't concentrate. Are there any ways to get help with this or get an advocate or something to help me with following through with what I need to do? I can't do it and can't miss the deadlines or forget to submit very important information that might cause me to lose my cases.
My son and I do have food benefits and Medicaid. We live in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
I would so greatly appreciate any help or any information you could send to me. I greatly appreciate your time.
If you could mail paperwork, as well as email, that would be very helpful. Please let me know and I will give you my address.
Thank you.