Freakin Out!
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13 Aug 2011, 4:23 am
So I am petrified about the future, with all the money problems and things happening now, I am scared to end up homeless or something. There's more, I am not cut out for a job, I have a difficult time remembering things or following instructions, anxiety, AS and my stomach makes it miserable to wake up early. I'm just wondering if there's some test or something that I can take to prove this so I can be paid unemployment or something like that. I don't know the first thing about getting a job.
Please, teach me.
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13 Aug 2011, 5:04 am
EGGREGUYOUS wrote:
So I am petrified about the future, with all the money problems and things happening now, I am scared to end up homeless or something. There's more, I am not cut out for a job, I have a difficult time remembering things or following instructions, anxiety, AS and my stomach makes it miserable to wake up early. I'm just wondering if there's some test or something that I can take to prove this so I can be paid unemployment or something like that. I don't know the first thing about getting a job.
Please, teach me.
Please, teach me.
This is normal...at least for people with AS. Your are almost 18 and you probably feel like you are at the top of a cliff and about to be pushed off, and you doubt that you can fly.
Let me tell you what will happen when you turn 18. Nothing. Well, nothing much anyway. If you're a male you might have to register for selective service but it's doubtful you would ever actually be drafted if they reinstated the draft because you have AS. You will be responsible for any expenses you incur in your name...doctors bills and so on. You will be able to apply for a credit card, take out loans, vote, and you might be called for jury duty.
However, as long as you live with your parents, you are still considered a dependent until you are 24. This is only relevant for tax reasons, health insurance reasons, and if you go to college and apply for federal aid such as Pell grants and such.
To answer your question about assistance for the disabled, if you are in the US and have documentation of AS/ASD and perhaps an anxiety disorder, and can describe how it impact you and prevents you from functioning normally, you can apply for SSI. It's hard to get and it doesn't pay much. About $850 a month maximum in the state of California and less elsewhere. You can make more working a $10 an hour job 30 hours a week. You can work while on SSI but they deduct x amount of money for every dollar you make and you will not be allowed to have more than $2,000 in assets to your name, with the exception of a house if you already own one, and a working car, so it's pretty effective at keeping people poor.
You should give yourself a chance in the real world though. Employers are starting to hire for the holiday season and I think you should go in and apply for these jobs. They are temporary and they can place you somewhere where you won't have to deal much with people. You can make some money and get a taste of what the real world is like at the same time, and you don't have anything to lose. They probably won't bother to fire you if you mess up because it's such a short period of time.
13 Aug 2011, 6:16 am
Chronos wrote:
This is normal...at least for people with AS. Your are almost 18 and you probably feel like you are at the top of a cliff and about to be pushed off, and you doubt that you can fly.
Let me tell you what will happen when you turn 18. Nothing. Well, nothing much anyway. If you're a male you might have to register for selective service but it's doubtful you would ever actually be drafted if they reinstated the draft because you have AS. You will be responsible for any expenses you incur in your name...doctors bills and so on. You will be able to apply for a credit card, take out loans, vote, and you might be called for jury duty.
However, as long as you live with your parents, you are still considered a dependent until you are 24. This is only relevant for tax reasons, health insurance reasons, and if you go to college and apply for federal aid such as Pell grants and such.
To answer your question about assistance for the disabled, if you are in the US and have documentation of AS/ASD and perhaps an anxiety disorder, and can describe how it impact you and prevents you from functioning normally, you can apply for SSI. It's hard to get and it doesn't pay much. About $850 a month maximum in the state of California and less elsewhere. You can make more working a $10 an hour job 30 hours a week. You can work while on SSI but they deduct x amount of money for every dollar you make and you will not be allowed to have more than $2,000 in assets to your name, with the exception of a house if you already own one, and a working car, so it's pretty effective at keeping people poor.
You should give yourself a chance in the real world though. Employers are starting to hire for the holiday season and I think you should go in and apply for these jobs. They are temporary and they can place you somewhere where you won't have to deal much with people. You can make some money and get a taste of what the real world is like at the same time, and you don't have anything to lose. They probably won't bother to fire you if you mess up because it's such a short period of time.
Let me tell you what will happen when you turn 18. Nothing. Well, nothing much anyway. If you're a male you might have to register for selective service but it's doubtful you would ever actually be drafted if they reinstated the draft because you have AS. You will be responsible for any expenses you incur in your name...doctors bills and so on. You will be able to apply for a credit card, take out loans, vote, and you might be called for jury duty.
However, as long as you live with your parents, you are still considered a dependent until you are 24. This is only relevant for tax reasons, health insurance reasons, and if you go to college and apply for federal aid such as Pell grants and such.
To answer your question about assistance for the disabled, if you are in the US and have documentation of AS/ASD and perhaps an anxiety disorder, and can describe how it impact you and prevents you from functioning normally, you can apply for SSI. It's hard to get and it doesn't pay much. About $850 a month maximum in the state of California and less elsewhere. You can make more working a $10 an hour job 30 hours a week. You can work while on SSI but they deduct x amount of money for every dollar you make and you will not be allowed to have more than $2,000 in assets to your name, with the exception of a house if you already own one, and a working car, so it's pretty effective at keeping people poor.
You should give yourself a chance in the real world though. Employers are starting to hire for the holiday season and I think you should go in and apply for these jobs. They are temporary and they can place you somewhere where you won't have to deal much with people. You can make some money and get a taste of what the real world is like at the same time, and you don't have anything to lose. They probably won't bother to fire you if you mess up because it's such a short period of time.
Ahh! What the hell, that sounds like a s**t load of stuff to me. My bad, I'm swearing cuz I'm scared.
I will do my best to get a part-time job like that but I heard that you start having to pay taxes for the rest of your life once you get a job of any kind for the first time, is that right?
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There's got to be a God somewhere, someone who cares. I stay on bended knee and hope the Father answers prayers.
13 Aug 2011, 6:46 am
EGGREGUYOUS wrote:
Chronos wrote:
This is normal...at least for people with AS. Your are almost 18 and you probably feel like you are at the top of a cliff and about to be pushed off, and you doubt that you can fly.
Let me tell you what will happen when you turn 18. Nothing. Well, nothing much anyway. If you're a male you might have to register for selective service but it's doubtful you would ever actually be drafted if they reinstated the draft because you have AS. You will be responsible for any expenses you incur in your name...doctors bills and so on. You will be able to apply for a credit card, take out loans, vote, and you might be called for jury duty.
However, as long as you live with your parents, you are still considered a dependent until you are 24. This is only relevant for tax reasons, health insurance reasons, and if you go to college and apply for federal aid such as Pell grants and such.
To answer your question about assistance for the disabled, if you are in the US and have documentation of AS/ASD and perhaps an anxiety disorder, and can describe how it impact you and prevents you from functioning normally, you can apply for SSI. It's hard to get and it doesn't pay much. About $850 a month maximum in the state of California and less elsewhere. You can make more working a $10 an hour job 30 hours a week. You can work while on SSI but they deduct x amount of money for every dollar you make and you will not be allowed to have more than $2,000 in assets to your name, with the exception of a house if you already own one, and a working car, so it's pretty effective at keeping people poor.
You should give yourself a chance in the real world though. Employers are starting to hire for the holiday season and I think you should go in and apply for these jobs. They are temporary and they can place you somewhere where you won't have to deal much with people. You can make some money and get a taste of what the real world is like at the same time, and you don't have anything to lose. They probably won't bother to fire you if you mess up because it's such a short period of time.
Let me tell you what will happen when you turn 18. Nothing. Well, nothing much anyway. If you're a male you might have to register for selective service but it's doubtful you would ever actually be drafted if they reinstated the draft because you have AS. You will be responsible for any expenses you incur in your name...doctors bills and so on. You will be able to apply for a credit card, take out loans, vote, and you might be called for jury duty.
However, as long as you live with your parents, you are still considered a dependent until you are 24. This is only relevant for tax reasons, health insurance reasons, and if you go to college and apply for federal aid such as Pell grants and such.
To answer your question about assistance for the disabled, if you are in the US and have documentation of AS/ASD and perhaps an anxiety disorder, and can describe how it impact you and prevents you from functioning normally, you can apply for SSI. It's hard to get and it doesn't pay much. About $850 a month maximum in the state of California and less elsewhere. You can make more working a $10 an hour job 30 hours a week. You can work while on SSI but they deduct x amount of money for every dollar you make and you will not be allowed to have more than $2,000 in assets to your name, with the exception of a house if you already own one, and a working car, so it's pretty effective at keeping people poor.
You should give yourself a chance in the real world though. Employers are starting to hire for the holiday season and I think you should go in and apply for these jobs. They are temporary and they can place you somewhere where you won't have to deal much with people. You can make some money and get a taste of what the real world is like at the same time, and you don't have anything to lose. They probably won't bother to fire you if you mess up because it's such a short period of time.
Ahh! What the hell, that sounds like a sh** load of stuff to me. My bad, I'm swearing cuz I'm scared.
I will do my best to get a part-time job like that but I heard that you start having to pay taxes for the rest of your life once you get a job of any kind for the first time, is that right?
You pay taxes when you earn enough taxable income to owe taxes. Sometimes the employer will automatically take certain taxes out of your pay and other times you will have to send the check yourself. A lot of times the employer or individual will over pay (the IRS re-calculates your taxes after you file) and then they get a tax refund. Occasionally you might not earn enough to even have to file your taxes though.
So no, you don't pay for life once you start paying them. You only pay when you earned enough taxable income during the previous year.
13 Aug 2011, 10:51 am
EGGREGUYOUS wrote:
So I am petrified about the future, with all the money problems and things happening now, I am scared to end up homeless or something. There's more, I am not cut out for a job, I have a difficult time remembering things or following instructions, anxiety, AS and my stomach makes it miserable to wake up early. I'm just wondering if there's some test or something that I can take to prove this so I can be paid unemployment or something like that. I don't know the first thing about getting a job.
Please, teach me.
Please, teach me.
try as hard as you can to find something that you can do well. have your parents back up your education for that thing. and do your BEST to be your BEST at it and start making money off it.
SSI is a ret*d hell of governmental bureaucracy. i am on it and even though i'm on it i will be voting Ron Paul/libertarian. that should tell you how worthless and awful it really is. it's so bad that it's actually REINFORCED my anti giant government views.
13 Aug 2011, 3:30 pm
oldmantime wrote:
Try as hard as you can to find something that you can do well.
I am good at computers and electronics, I am actually going to a Technical School part-time to learn Computer Repair and Networking, I think the Tech School sends recommendations to some companies or something like that so I expect to get an internship somewhere by the time I finish with that school.
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There's got to be a God somewhere, someone who cares. I stay on bended knee and hope the Father answers prayers.
13 Aug 2011, 4:46 pm
be really careful with those tech schools. many are just there to put you in debt. there are many stories about people completing degrees at those things only to find out that when they graduate what they were taught is obsolete and will not gain them employment. call the actual companies you want to work at up and ask them what you should look for in a school.
13 Aug 2011, 5:37 pm
oldmantime wrote:
be really careful with those tech schools. many are just there to put you in debt. there are many stories about people completing degrees at those things only to find out that when they graduate what they were taught is obsolete and will not gain them employment. call the actual companies you want to work at up and ask them what you should look for in a school.
My public school represents this Tech School (CTEC), the public school has a program with it, the public school pays for my trip to and from the tech school. My niece went to it and she didn't say anything bad about it.
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There's got to be a God somewhere, someone who cares. I stay on bended knee and hope the Father answers prayers.
