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I can see the resume now. I take lots of sick leave, can't follow instructions or remember them. Can't even add correctly with a calculator. Do tasks ten ttimes slower than normal. Employers will be fighting over these workers.
There's no concrete evidence that ME isn't a chronic condition. So I don't know how they can force people off disability.
If they force people to work, they will have to find them jobs. I can't imagine an employer wanting to hire someone with moderate ME as this condition would make them unreliable and quality of their work would be low.
I can see the resume now. I take lots of sick leave, can't follow instructions or remember them. Can't even add correctly with a calculator. Do tasks ten ttimes slower than normal. Employers will be fighting over these workers.
The govt can say what they like but reality is very different.
It would be interesting if one could be backed up by an expert cfs doc and get the govt to pay for proper treatment like $20k worth of ampligen or $10k of valcyte so that one would have potential to work part time? ??? Dreaming I know but realistically the only way to possibly stop this illness being chronic? ?
The govt can say what they like but reality is very different.
oh another thing... the disability job place which helps one get jobs, told me I wasnt allowed to tell employers I was ill in any way. They said if I did that and they found out, Centrelink would be told and I'd be cut off any payments as that would be deemed as trying not to get work and purposely stopping people employing me.. they told me they'd be checking up on me etc. They expected me to lie!! (which made me feel horrid as I knew there was no way I could do the work.. and this was very distressing presenting myself untruthfully with my Aspergers too).
If this happens again, contact the police. Its inducement to fraud, and its a crime. Being a public servant is not license to commit a crime. You are required for most jobs and employment, at least full time, though I suspect this might vary state by state, to be covered under workcover. That means they are required to have an accurate medical picture. Inducing one to lie about it is therefore an inducement to commit fraud. I would have them criminally investigated.
Were you able to download the PDF at all? Or you can, but can't read it on your computer?
Sean said:
Sean said:True, they can never completely over ride actual reality. But they can rain a shitload of very real and permanent carnage down onto us in the meantime while they are giving it a damn good go. See the current UK situation, for example.
Ministers had hoped that more regular “fitness for work” tests would reduce the bill. But reports say that people are remaining on ESA for longer than expected because their illness and disability has been underestimated.
No idea why others are having trouble accessing it. That link is still working for me.
I tried to upload it here a couple of times but the forum software says it is too big, despite the upload limit being set at 10 MB and the file only being 7.3 MB.
Is it possible for a mod to upload it to the forum?