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Post by itsmylife08 on Sept 13, 2013 19:45:32 GMT 7
Hi to all
This is my first post, recently I applied for I/P based on the following facts (1) Ischemic heart disease (2) Spinal Stenosis (3) Gord I also suffer from Depression/Anxiety, based on the Impairment tables I have 35pts. 20pt in one table based on centrelink's calculation with a work capacity of 0-7 and 8-14 with interventions. One would think this should be straight forward but I have a sneaking suspicion Centrelink may have other idea's. Its all very worrying having to wait on a decision from a total stranger which will affect my life indefinitely. I'll keep you informed on the progress of my application.
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Post by Banjo on Sept 13, 2013 20:17:24 GMT 7
Welcome to the board and good luck.
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Post by anthonydsp on Sept 13, 2013 21:15:30 GMT 7
welcome itsmylife08 yes goodluck on your i/p application hoping you are sucsessful in your application let us know how you go
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Post by aussieinusa on Oct 6, 2013 13:01:17 GMT 7
Have to say, if some-one I employed took 2 months off sick a year I wouldn't be too impressed. The point is, if the consideration of reliability of work capacity applies for general DSP qualification, then surely the same applies to UP re no work capacity. And, the work has to be in the open work enviroment. Frankly, I cannot see an employer saying .... sure, work 7 hrs a week, just show up when you can, and if you have to take a week off at short notice we understand perfectly. !! I know it's a little off-topic, but thanks for posting this. It's really the key point people need to understand, re getting off DSP and back to work. I could probably manage 2 half-days per week in an office, if I was managing my condition very carefully (and not doing much other than work, i.e. had someone else cooking meals, cleaning the house etc.)... but which companies want a part-time employee for only two half-days a week? On top of that, I can't tell you which two half-days each week I'd be there. If you asked me even the day before, whether I was going to be at work on a particular day, I would be at best 80% likely to predict it. So just not turning up one-fifth of the time, even if I said the day before that I'd be there... what office can handle that? The 'go get a job' brigade seem to miss the fact that no workplaces want people with our limitations. Even the government won't employ PWD any more; I'm one of the many who worked for the federal government, who was replaced by an able-bodied person who was less able to do the actual job than I was, but didn't take time off for surgeries etc. If they really want us to stop collecting DSP and get a job instead, the government needs to start by reversing the decline in PWD they themselves employ... and then all the others on that bandwagon should try to employ some of us, too. But if government departments and other employers really can't be run by people with unpredictable health, then they should stop telling us to 'get a job' and leave us in peace. I would personally prefer that PWD got an equal chance at being employed, rather than being stuck on DSP... but if jobs started opening up and employers were willing to hire us, the numbers on DSP would drop without draconian punishments for us.
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