Story is B.S.
Two points:
For many individuals validly disabled there is nothing about their outward appearance that would tell you that. A disability condition doesn’t necessarily have to entail loss of limbs or such. In fact, sometimes the people who look disabled really aren’t. A person might have one good day in 30 and chooses to go out that day; people say “Oh look, that person gets about just fine”.
Most people on federal SNAP just had benefits reduced by about 40%. Family of four can be down to about $250/month with a few thousand dollars of income.
Link please. The month before the election? I'm only buying it with evidence.
I get nerve blocks every two - four months, I don't(can't) wear shoes or socks. I wear open-toed sandals or slippers year round. I live in North central Indiana (it gets cold here) & wear Capri pants 90% of the time because I can't tolerate things touching my feet or lower legs. In addition to the nerve blocks I take controlled substance pain meds, muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatories, & anxiety meds every day. But to see me you would not guess how much pain I have. No one sees the insomnia I suffer from because of my injury.
I am disability retired, and receive SSDI which is subtracted from the amt of retirement pay I get. My husband & I live frugally because of health insurance premiums & costs beyond our health insurance. I couldn't afford to lease a new car. Wouldn't if I could.
I have paid into Social Security since I was 16. Which was nearly 45 yrs ago. You are right disabilities are not always visible. Not everyone is getting a free ride. And this is not what I imagined my retirement yrs to be.
I'm grateful to God that I survived the accident, He has blessed me even through these trials. I am able to be with my husband & spend time with my G’children .