Millions of Americans live with a disability. There are many different reasons people become disabled. Some people's disabilities are caused by a medical condition while others are caused by a physical injury of some kind. Physical injuries can be very traumatic,...
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Long-Term Disability
Unemployment for people with mental illness as high as 90 percent
The figures seem shocking, especially since many people in Peachtree City know at least one person with mental illness who has very few problems at work, yet unemployment rates for people living with mental illness are disgustingly high. The highest estimate is 90...
Intensive care units are causing post-traumatic stress disorder
For most people in Rome, the intensive care unit is a place to get help for serious injuries and illness, it is not a place to develop one. Unfortunately, it seems that there are many people in Georgia and across the country who are developing post-traumatic stress...
Disability benefits may be crucial for people with paralysis
There are many people with partial or full paralysis in Atlanta who are able to work, make a living and are in no need of disability benefits. At the same time, however, there are others whose paralysis interferes with their ability to keep a job and need benefits to...
An answer for painful disabilities
In some quarters, the perception is that people on long-term disability lie around the house doing nothing while collecting benefits. In fact, many sufferers want to get back into action and reclaim their lives, and a new self-help program might let them do just...


