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At 15:11 1999/07/15 -0400, you wrote: >I just h ad a phone call from Tom Davies office. >i do not qualify for social security bereavement benefits. I have not >qualified since my 2nd daughter was taken into foster care, i should not have >been getting the payments i did get since then. I may even have to return them >Even if my daughters return home, i have lost the right to bereavement >benefits and i cannot get them back again. >i probably dont qualify for welfare because i own my house. > >Hilary Blue > i'm off and just got offer welfare is meant to be temporary help till i get 'back on my feet' disability can be temporary or permanent can't a blind person get social assistance for disability without going 'bankrupt'? how about a quadriplegic? or someone with emphysema? people who cannot earn an income any lomger? the rules covering assets allowed disabled ontarians are different and more generous than the assets allowed welfared ontarians how were all those disability related improvements on your house approved? disabled is not welfared welfared is not disabled pooh jp janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada website: a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>