I got excited about something called ticket to work for disabled people and seniors. I applied for it and later went to a potluck lunch with someone and the higher-ups asked me to fill out an application so I could be part of their team. It involves driving and in the past I hadn't paid much attention to a driving score. Doing the last four or five years I lost my dad and my husband and during those times I received tickets during each occasion. I was discussing the funeral both times with someone in my car and was ticketed for speeding. It would my score down too low for the job. I wanted the job so bad that I took an online driving course and raise my score greatly. I bestowed to get a CDL learner's permit and the ticket to work program said they can offer classes so I can get my CDL. I was placed on a waiting list a few months ago just to get a letter that states they really cannot help me because of the funds and that program. What is the use a building people up to finally get back into the workforce and get a life just to sit you on a shelf until they can come up with a letter of disappointment. I truly was hoping to get something before these kids get out of school and take up all the jobs during the summer. I was so excited now to be so disappointed.. I can't even get the cdl learner's because you can only hold it three months and you have to go for your regular license. I am wanting to drive a bus but I must take a bus to get the correct endorsement. They offer classes but you have to pay for those and you need a job to pay for those. Had I gotten the job with the other company that seem to want my assistance they would have had the vehicles to help me get that CDL and I would have committed myself to working for them. To get excited and get slammed down it's like walking into a brick wall I guess..

March as Disability Awareness Month to promote independence, integration, and inclusion of all people who have disabilities.

Jeffrey Mittman, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer Appointee, Bosma Enterprises

All time hard working every time dishwasher old 48 suffer my life my dream make more money but I am poor ever it

31, been on SSI my whole life, not even McDonalds will hire me, ALL I WANT IS A JOB TO START GETTING WORK EXPERIENCE

I have a question for you all.

How do I prepare a resume when I havent worked in years due to disability. I can put down past jobs but I have no professional references because all supervisors have retired and I have no way to contact them. What do I do? Please help.

Thank you

Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, designated by the United Nations as a day for promoting the rights of disabled people worldwide. More specifically:

“It aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development, and to increase awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.”

One of the most important areas in which we can all make progress for the benefit of disabled people and society as a whole is in the workplace. Although one in every five people worldwide has a disability, discrimination is rife. Here are a few statistics are taken from this shocking compilation:

The poverty rate for people with disabilities is 47%. The employment rate for disabled people of working age is just 35%, compared with 78% for non-disabled people.

About one in four people with a disability will face at least one incident of discrimination every day. 38% of people believe that someone with a disability is a burden on society.

So, what can you do to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities?

I had a small stroke at work. I worked 50 hours in 4 days and sometimes I had to switch from day shift to night shift frequently. Due to the odd hours I noticed my health was declining and not being able to take a regular day off to get checked properly, the doctor was thinking it was pressure when actuality it was my cholesterol which ended up collecting in my artery and caused my stroke on the job. I went on short term disability in Missouri from July 5th to November 20th. On November 21st 2018 on my return back to work date, cooperate calls me and tells me my position has been terminated with no option to place me in another area for the company. 2 days after I filed unemployment and lied to the state about the reason I was terminated. Thank God I had a witness because cooperate filed a hearing with the tribuneral to make me pay back the unemployment but then they backed out of the contestment because of my witness. I worked hard for this company and worked hard to get off their disability plan. Awful how employers treat a valued employee anymore even when your having disability taken out of your checks weekly. They act like it's coming out of their own pocket.

I have completed 47 applications so far....1 interview..3 callbacks. I have a very impressive resume, a BA degree and 35 yrs experience...fields of nursing, retail, banking and restaurant. I was a Casemanager that now needs Masters or a valid updated RN. I'm taking online classes for a Medical Assistance job that will still see my age...they ask for HS grad date. OMG. No getting around it...too qualified..too OLD. And now I'm an amputee which I don't disclose but will need to address at face interview.

I cant cut it on Soc Sec. And have a disabled teen I'm full caregiver for. We can't make these bills..and I'm up all night worrying. My health couldn't be worse..Crohns for 43 yrs and now advanced..high BP..migraines...left leg amputated..and severe anxiety and depression to deal with. How terrible that I'm forcedcto work now that I need to concentrate on my declining health.. And...when I work...they take 1/2 my pay out of my daughter's SSI...so I'm working for 1/2 of my pat which barely gives us extra money to pay my bills. I can't win this game called LIFE. Scared that all this stress may kill me... Just not fair to older people and the disabled.. BTW..I was deemed Permanently and Totally Disabled since 2004.

I'm on disability an because that's low I've gotten a job at Amazon I barely can keep up with. I would miss some days but I have an accommodation where you have to keep up on your UPT time. When Dr give date of end of the accommodation I have to go back to a crazy process. (Mentally stressed) Plus $4500 past due on rent because of hospital, pills, office visits, life threatening ER visit, different clinics. I've had to file bankruptcy to get ahead so I can manage. If I was able to file taxes an get it I could pay rent up, an register my car. But now I've got to keep working an find something PT that social security would approve so I don't lose that.

So I decided to get my first every fast food job in the pizza industry you know just to see if it was a good fit and why people who work in fast food are mostly aggravated, well for one I've been at this job a month and I'm scrubbing walls and floors that look like they haven't been clean in months, tried to get me to get on the floor and scrub under a sink with pipes and I know I told this manager I was a disabled person, at 40, having more than 13 brain surgeries with a VP shunt in my head, this is the kind of stuff that should not be allowed but who do we complain to without being retaliated on but I know I won't be in this career field long.