Reflections: Underemployed, disabled and humbled 9 Articles

by Michael Maffattone

Life is pretty amazing. The simple fact of not knowing where you will be at any given time can be a challenge for the human mind. Just think about it for a minute. We all think we know where our future is going to take us....read more

by Alexandra Heep

Any one of these three words - underemployed, disabled, or humbled in the working world - could create a whole discussion on its own. What if all three apply? Isn't being disabled humbling enough without having to work f...read more

by JC Campbell

Jason is a loveable 34 year old with learning difficulties and a heart of gold. He is the kind of person who brightens up your day and who reminds that life is truly worth living. But Jason will never realize his dream to ...read more

by Jessica Callele

I told a man today that he would no longer be able to do his job. I don't know how many times he'd been told that before. He was looking for a different answer from me, and I could not give it to him. It broke my heart....read more

by Anncan

This title certainly strikes a chord in me. I'm recently retired at much too young an age, looking at 63yrs in one month. I want to share the events that have led up to this but also want to include each of the three condi...read more

by Michele Jackson

According to a Headway survey of 639 brain-injured people released to highlight the start of Action for Brain Injury Week, which runs from March 31, 2008, to April 6, 2008, in the United Kingdom, brain injury survivors fac...read more

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by Chavie Cyn

This title reminds me of a friend of mine I shall call "Brenda" (not her real name) who is probably is gifted with a 200 IQ - and poor. She used to have her own decent three bedroom home, a family driver and a maid plus ab...read more

by Elizabeth S. Elligot

I like working with children, really I do. Yet, because of my disability I went from head teacher in a toddler/pre school to the assistant and floater who my boss will not let be alone with the children. Basically I went ...read more

by J.T.A. Knowles

I received my Associates of Applied Science in Office & Computer Technology in 2002 when I was 31 years old and went a whole year before finding a job in that field. Unfortunately, it was my first office job, so when the o...read more