Met with an attorney today who thinks we have a case for appealing SSDI's decisions to deny us disability benefits & SSI backpay for the months we've been out of work - The way her firm operates is she doesn't get paid unless our case wins, so I'm trusting her judgement that we could succeed at the hearing stage. She seemed sympathetic to our struggles, especially regarding how we've been discriminated against by employers & government agencies who don't see most of our disabilities as valid. She's sending paperwork to get a better picture of our experiences overall & build our case; she also advised we are on the right path by having a neurologist appt set up for next week & a physical in early March, and for actively pursuing a psychological evaluation with a gender-affirming specialist.
Idk cuz we really hate getting our hopes up when there's a buncha bureaucratic bullshit between our present moment & a (potentially) brighter future, but we feel like this is at least a good direction for us to set our sights on. Talked with my counselor friend today about how it's hard holding onto hope when the system is built to shut you out, up & down - how we as a system feel useless in an environment that so often plays despair as a measurable rite of passage to earn the pitied pittance of rights, under supervision, of course.
Anyways, probably gonna be increasing our use of this site as a venting platform as well as a space to completely dissociate somewhat safely - so, sorry in advance if you aren't looking forward to hearing from other alters' perspectives on what we're going thru. We'll still try to keep the train of reblogged shitposts & cute stuffs rolling whenever possible.
In the meantime, thanks for hearing me out - Melange