Yes. I remember reading that 80% of people on SSI/Disabilty said they wanted to work. Not all of us are lazy asses. I understand what you're seeing Meg, as my mom sees a TON (and I mean a TON) of welfare slackers in her work (she's a MCH nurse for a public community health care center) and people who don't have a place to live, but who go out and spend money on purebred poodles or T-bones and ribs.
However stats say that most people on welfare are on it legimiatly...and the majority of the "cheats" are actually pretty mild.(not at all in the welfare queen league) They usually "cheat" on things like childcare, or warm clothes or the like. It's quite hard to survive on the amount of money the government gives you!
I remember reading that dhh kids are more likely then other kids to have additional disabilties or medical conditions. For example there are tons of dhh with kidney issues. Even an orthapedic issue can make it complicated to work.
I'm not saying there are NO lazy dumbasses....there are many lazy dumbasses out there. However it sounds like they'd be lazy dumbasses even if they were hearing or had no disabilties or other health issues.
Many otherwise a/b folks can't work b/c they can't find a job that pays enough money to cover both bills/cost of living expenses AND the additional expenses that their disabilty incurs. Some people out there are saying that some of the orally educated dhh will not have to deal with the things that we have to deal with today....but most oral deaf have HUGE medical bills b/c they can't function at ALL without hearing aids or CIs (and not all costs associated with a CI are covered!...Things like MAPs and batteries and rehab aren't covered. Yes, some of them have good insurance now, but that's not always gonna be the case.
No. Only about 1% of insurances cover hearing aids. Medicaid generally does cover hearing aids!
