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Hi,
This is my first experience with this kind of chat. I have a brother, Jack, who has had seizures for nearly the last 40 years. He has grand-mals if anything interrupts his meds, and has intermittent smaller seizures randomly. He has done amazingly well for himself in spite of all the social impacts that he has faced since their onset when he was 10 years old. For over 22 years, he was employed by a relatively small home improvement company and had the benefit of their group insurance. He bought a condominium about 18 years ago and primarily lives on his own. He likes being independent and has gotten along well using public transportation or walking to about anything he wants to do. Last May- 2010- he was laid off from his job and has been on unemployment for the months since. Our father is helping him with payments for his cobra insurance- obviously the cost of meds for epilepsy is not new to any of you! He has been trying very hard to find a new job but has had no success. Are there organizations that help people with epilepsy find a job? Are there sources of help that you can point us to? Jack is very shy, not very assertive, and due to his history of grand-mals has suffered some brain damage which his doctor (Neurologist) has said allows him to function on about a middle school level when it comes to many social types situations. With the unemployment situation what it is at this time, my family is more and more concerned about what he will do in the future. So far, he has kept up his spirits and continues to go to the library utilizing their computers to apply for jobs and file for his weekly unemployment checks. He has a very willing to work outlook, and is just like many- very frustrated about having no job to go to. I worry that he will begin to feel he lacks purpose in life. Can anyone advise us on ways to get him help finding employment?
This is my first experience with this kind of chat. I have a brother, Jack, who has had seizures for nearly the last 40 years. He has grand-mals if anything interrupts his meds, and has intermittent smaller seizures randomly. He has done amazingly well for himself in spite of all the social impacts that he has faced since their onset when he was 10 years old. For over 22 years, he was employed by a relatively small home improvement company and had the benefit of their group insurance. He bought a condominium about 18 years ago and primarily lives on his own. He likes being independent and has gotten along well using public transportation or walking to about anything he wants to do. Last May- 2010- he was laid off from his job and has been on unemployment for the months since. Our father is helping him with payments for his cobra insurance- obviously the cost of meds for epilepsy is not new to any of you! He has been trying very hard to find a new job but has had no success. Are there organizations that help people with epilepsy find a job? Are there sources of help that you can point us to? Jack is very shy, not very assertive, and due to his history of grand-mals has suffered some brain damage which his doctor (Neurologist) has said allows him to function on about a middle school level when it comes to many social types situations. With the unemployment situation what it is at this time, my family is more and more concerned about what he will do in the future. So far, he has kept up his spirits and continues to go to the library utilizing their computers to apply for jobs and file for his weekly unemployment checks. He has a very willing to work outlook, and is just like many- very frustrated about having no job to go to. I worry that he will begin to feel he lacks purpose in life. Can anyone advise us on ways to get him help finding employment?
