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The Disabled States of America

Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:18 am
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67497 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:18 am
quote:

Over 20 Percent of Incoming College Freshmen Claim to Be Disabled

quote:

22 percent at Pomona College in California. 18 percent at Pitzer College in California, Vassar College in New York, Reed College in Oregon, and Mount Holyoke in Massachusetts. 14 percent at Stanford Universty.

Just
fricking
Sad

and

Fake (claiming disability is not the same as being disabled)

Breitbart
This post was edited on 7/30/18 at 11:21 am
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
35893 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:18 am to
Breitbart is fake news?
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67497 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:20 am to
Wasn't referring to Breitbart, I was referring (confusingly I guess) to being disabled. Claiming a disability and being disabled are 2 different things....I'll edit my post
This post was edited on 7/30/18 at 11:21 am
Posted by Paluka
One State Over
Member since Dec 2010
10763 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:23 am to
quote:

Jan Collins-Eaglin, the Claremont consortium’s associate dean of students for personal success and wellness, says that anxiety and stress are likely behind the increase in the number of “disabled” students. “At Pomona, we have extremely talented bright students with very high expectations who are coming in with a good level of anxiety and are highly stressed,” she said in a comment to the Wall Street Journal. “Our job here is to help them really thrive.”


These kids need to have balance their lives. They will struggle in the real world if they don't get it together.
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
23965 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:24 am to
quote:

claiming disability is not the same as being disabled)


You should visit a VA hospital or clinic.
Posted by TejasHorn
High Plains Driftin'
Member since Mar 2007
10991 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:25 am to
More "news" from Breitbart to get everyone's dander up about lib colleges in lib states.

Reed, anyway, has a tiny enrollment (1,500 or so) and quite difficult to get into. I suppose that's cause for an uproar though.

This post was edited on 7/30/18 at 11:27 am
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67497 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:26 am to
quote:

You should visit a VA hospital or clinic.

Careful brah.....treading dangerous waters
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
21592 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:27 am to
quote:

anxiety and stress are likely behind the increase in the number of “disabled” students.


Which is what you used to need to get a medical marijuana card.
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
20472 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:28 am to
I know of a lot of able-bodied convicted felons who collect disability.

Apparently just being dumber than a sack of hammers is a disability now.
This post was edited on 7/30/18 at 11:29 am
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
96443 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:40 am to
Define “disabled”.

ADHD? Missing all or part of a limb? IQ equal to their shoe size?
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
96443 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:42 am to
A lot of places don’t want convicted felons.

No one wants violent criminals, period, and no business wants a white collar criminal like an embezzler dealing with their cash.
Posted by boogiewoogie1978
Little Rock
Member since Aug 2012
17066 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:43 am to
quote:

Breitbart is fake news?



Posted by OnTheGeaux
Har Tavor
Member since Oct 2009
3067 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:43 am to
quote:

get everyone's dander up about lib colleges in lib states


Perhaps reading about the same MAJOR PROBLEM in a conservative state will help you get a clue.

NPR LINK - In One Alabama County, Nearly 1 In 4 Working-Age Adults Is On Disability


ETA:

quote:

AUTHOR: Once people go in that direction, they're unlikely to come back.

JOFFE-WALT: Once a person gets on disability, there are really only two ways out. You get old enough that at 65, 66 years old you move on to a different government program, Social Security for seniors, or you die. Those are the two ways people exit disability. Almost no one gets better. The benefits don't get you rehabilitative services or supportive technology. They get you a check.

This post was edited on 7/30/18 at 11:51 am
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
140732 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:47 am to


Please don't report anything that may be remotely negative about liberals.

Good grief. Toughen up, Sally.
Posted by HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
Member since Feb 2017
12458 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:48 am to
Thank Obama for this one as well. His Adminstration OPENLY encouraged everyone who didn't have a job to sign u for SSD instead so they could fudge the unemployment numbers and like with any other welfare program once people learn how to graft, they aren't going to stop until they are stopped.

"I'm too sad to work" was a legit path to SSD when the magical negro was President
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
162258 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:48 am to
quote:

Please don't report anything that may be remotely negative about liberals.

Not all college students are liberals dude
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
23965 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:49 am to
quote:

Careful brah.....treading dangerous waters



Why? government fraud is fraud no matter who commits it, and if you want to see govt fraud go to a VA hospital or clinic.
Posted by Ebbandflow
Member since Aug 2010
13457 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:49 am to
quote:

Breitbart is fake news?


Definitely
Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
51816 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:49 am to
quote:

associate dean of students for personal success and wellness




Is that just a new and more expensive way of saying "guidance counselor"?
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
140732 posts
Posted on 7/30/18 at 11:50 am to
No kidding.
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