Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.
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Too bad most of the people that need help that I know of receive less than $730 a month from social security disability. $600 seems to be the magic number in my county.
Posted by: ttq | January 18, 2008 03:54 PM
That is exactly the type of place I should be living in! Since having ECT, I border on being a danger to myself. I can't tell you how many minor kitchen fires I have had and kitchen ware I have had to throw away and replace because of some of my cognitive deficeits. How much food I have had to throw out either because I ruined it trying to cook something or forgot to put it back in the fridge. I am inconsistent in so many daily tasks. I truthfully should have some sort of supervision and guidance in daily living.
I am managing to function on my own, but I'm not doing a very good job of it.
But this kind of resource is not available for me. I am either considered too functional or I make $100 too much annually to qualify.
Posted by: SallyT | January 19, 2008 06:56 AM