transitional living in kentucky and employment.

By sunfire Saturday, February 14, 2009

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my friend needs to find a transitional care place to live is there any in kentucky or tennesse? Also about employment are there any specified jobs that us people are not allowed to do?

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Donna-1

2/15/09 4:22am

The Americans with Disabilities Act guarantees that we with sz cannot be discriminated against on the job, although stigma is out there and you will run into it from time to time. You cannot be asked whether you have a disability when you apply. And if you decide a work associate like a supervisor needs to know, he or she is required to make "reasonable accommodation" for you. Like starting work after 10am rather than at 8am., which is what I once asked for and was granted. Or in some places, having a job coach. Or let you work where distractions are minimal.

It is not as easy as all that, usually, but you do have the freedom to pursue almost any job of your choice. You are not required to let anyone know about the sz unless you need accommodation because of it. Go for it!!!

You might look up the Americans with Disabilities Act online and see exactly how it would apply to your case.

Best wishes,

Carolyn

Christina Bruni, Health Guide

2/15/09 9:18am

HI Sunfire,

The type of jobs a person diagnosed with SZ get should be determined by his or her personality, education, and skills, which are independent of the SZ because they are people first and everyone has this unique set of traits that aid them in looking for work, even if they don't have SZ or if they do.

I suggest you or your friend search on the Connection site for my blog entries devoted to finding and keeping work. Go up on the upper right of this page and click on the search bar and type in some different searches, such as:

working life reasonable accommodations part 1

working life reasonable accommodations part 2

working life finding work you love

I've devoted a whole series of blogs to people with SZ and employment opportunities.

The bottom line is, any job a person with SZ takes should be low stress, he should budget in time for rest and relaxation and social outings when he's not at work, and he should try to take a vacation once a year if he can to be refreshed. "All work and no play" is a recipe for disaster.

For example, I tried for seven years to make a career as an insurance broker work, and I failed miserably because I wasn't suited to working in business. When I found a job as a librarian, that's when my recovery took off and I had a much better time of it.

I'm going right here to try to link to the blog entries I'm talking about, and if this doesn't work, do the searches I described.

http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/120/49228/accommodations/pf/

http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/120/49530/accommodations/pf/

http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/120/50173/working-life/pf/

As for the residences in Kentucky or Tennessee, I will find the names of the NAMI affiliates in those states and give you their phone numbers in a separate response, so that you can call them to find out if they know of a good place to live. NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and it has state offices.

Best regards,

Christina