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[–] [email protected] 51 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As somebody on disability for psychological disability reasons, you're usually allowed to have somebody else fill those out for you. That's what I had to do.

Luckily the ones they send you afterwards every few years to check if you're still disabled are much shorter, and if you've got a detailed medical record of your disability sometimes they can't shut it off no matter how you answer the questions, such as in my case. Even if I wrote "I'm cured. You can turn off my disability now," they can't do that because they have guidelines that make you auto-qualify, and if your medical records still show that you meet those guidelines they can't legally shut it off.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Generally speaking, one term used for this kind of arrangement is “patient advocate”.

Try googling that to see if services are available. I once had a woman from my church offer to advocate for me when I got kicked out of MassHealth by the random fluctuations of bureaucratic bullshit. I was in total crisis and she just came to my appointments with me, in a good state of mind, and helped me get back into the system.