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fandomsecrets2016-05-25 06:36 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2016-05-25 06:36 pm
[ SECRET POST #3430 ]
⌈ Secret Post #3430 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[A Game of Thrones, Brienne of Tarth/Tormund Giantsbane]
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02.
[Lupita Nyong'o]
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03.
[Tolkien/Lord of the Rings]
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[Doctor Thorne miniseries, based on the book by Anthony Trollope]
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05.
[Top Row (L-R): Orihara Izaya (Durarara!!), Akashi Seijuurou (Kuroko no Basuke), Levi (Shingeki no Kyojin), Free Cell (Phi Brain), Choromatsu (Osomatsu-san)
Bottom Row (L-R): Satomi Riou (Hakkenden), Kusatsu Kinshirou (Boueibu), Souma Hiroomi (Working!!), Takeda Ittetsu (Haikyuu!!), Natsume Takashi (Natsume Yuujinchou)]
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06.
[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]
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07.
[The Night Manager]
Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 14 secrets from Secret Submission Post #490.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 2 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Re: Feelings and Confessions
(Anonymous) 2016-05-26 07:39 am (UTC)(link)One Important Tip: If you want to register for disability, GET AN ADVOCATE. They can be a bit hard to come by, because the government cut about half their funding a few years ago, so there aren't very many of them left. But when I was applying, I took my giant application package (which get fairly early on in the process) to this Disability Alliance organization, where people called Advocates worked, and an advocate sat down with me and helped me fill out a huge chunk of my application package in one go, and she told me how to fill it out so that it fit the format the government would be looking for, and how to phrase things so that the government wouldn't just dismiss me. I swear to god, I walked into that building feeling like I didn't have a chance in hell of ever getting my application accepted, and I walked out feeling like I have a fairly decent chance of getting it accepted. Having an advocate changed everything.
Key Info: The monthly allowance currently tops out at just over $900 per month, though you can end up getting less than that if you don't inform the government you are paying at least [X] amount in rent at the time of your application. Whatever you do, you do NOT want to be paying nothing in rent at the time when you apply. I mean, either be paying rent, or lie and say you are paying rent (and hopefully have parents who will vouch for you and say that you are paying rent).
PRO: It has recently been changed so that you CAN save money. Quite a lot of money. I think in the 90K range? (If you somehow manage to actually be in a position to acquire money, that is).
PRO: You can earn $800 per month in wages. Everything on top of that comes off of your disability allowance. HOWEVER, they calculate it on a yearly basis, so you can actually earn a fuckton in one month, as long as you don't earn more than...$9600 per year.
CON: depending on where you live, it may be impossible to live alone on your disability allowance. I live in Vancouver, and it would be very, very hard for me to find a place cheap enough to rent on my own while also affording food and transport expenses.
CON: I find it hard to imagine how someone on disability could afford to own and operate a vehicle. It might be doable, if you live somewhere where rent is really cheap, but IDK.
>PRO: You get an extremely cheap public transport pass. Right now, the one I get covers my use of all public transport in the greater Vancouver area, and it costs $40 per year.
HUGE HUGE CON: I could be wrong about this so don't take my word for it, but to my understanding, you can't receive disability if you are living with a romantic partner who is working and earning a living wage. I'm sure there are people on disability who move in with a romantic partner and basically lie on all the relevant documentation so that officially their partner is only their "roommate." But obviously that's difficult and risky and a horrible thing to have to worry about. Honestly though, I don't know that much about this part of things. I'm ace, so it's not such a concern for me, but god, what a fucking horrible rule, you know?
Another Thing To Be Prepared For: If you've never had to deal with the Ministry much before, you should know that it is a hellish, soul sucking place - or at least it was for me, and it has been for the other people I know who've had to go there for help. It's basically designed to function so slowly and give you so many hoops to jump through that you go away before you can make it through the system and they actually have to do something for you. I'm not trying to make you paranoid or cause you despair - just know that dealing with the ministry will be awful, and go in prepared to find it distressing, but to persevere.
Re: Feelings and Confessions
(Anonymous) 2016-05-26 08:01 am (UTC)(link)You said: I'd have foiled for disability years ago if I'd actually trust shrinks with my sanity.
Obviously the application process is different for everyone, and I don't want to give bad advice or pain an inaccurate picture of it. But personally, I didn't really have a therapist/psychologist/psychiatrist when I applied for disability. IIRC I went to my GP (who I'd only had as my GP for a couple of months at that point), and she referred me to a psychiatrist, and I had ONE hour-long session with the psychiatrist, where she asked me questions and wrote up a file on me. But ultimately, she was pretty dismissive of almost everything I told her (she seemed to think I was young, able-bodied, and neither suicidal nor hysterical, so I couldn't actually be that mentally ill). Then I got an advocate, and the advocate helped me tremendously with the rest. In the end, the only thing I got from the psychiatrist which actually went into my application package was an official diagnosis, and all it was was Generalized Anxiety Disorder (not particularly adequate or accurate, in my opinion, but whatever).
Re: Feelings and Confessions