Usage of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
I am currently a customer of the Washington state SeaTac office. I have been a customer since 2018. I was a customer of the Cincinnati, Ohio VR office from Friday, July 24, 2009 until about June 25, 2010. I had asked my case-worker at Hamilton County Developmental Disabilities services office about how to fill out a Plan to Achieve Self-Sufficiency, but then, having been awarded a full scholarship to Gallaudet, I thought that the University would support me during my studies. The majority Deaf faculty (and hearing teachers who taught me) did!
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In the second video, the patient, “Stacy” (a real patient portrayed by a postgraduate student of Dr. Linehan’s), says vocational rehabilitation encouraged her to apply for social security (likely Supplemental Security Income, the program for disabled people that keeps them in poverty and hasn’t been updated since 1972). This is failure on the part of any vocational rehabilitation office to suggest that people with disabilities should just be on the dole. It runs contrary to the point of vocational rehabilitation.
Concerned About Customers Losing Long-Term Support Services Benefits?
Don’t! (One of my Community Placement Agency people actually called me to worry about this on June 12, 2019). If Medicaid is paying for their Personal Attendants (which they most likely are) remember that Medicaid is a discrete program with different rules and practices in each jurisdiction. Your JOB at Vocational Rehabilitation is to assist people in meeting their vocational goals, not to worry about health policy! But if you’re curious, there’s a specific policy at the federal level for continued Medicaid eligibility when working with a disability.
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Last Updated: 26. June 2025