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When Judging Another’s Pain

Due to physiological or psychological derangement and dysfunction, that is poorly understood by medical science but nevertheless documented, the human mind and body is capable of experiencing all of the sensations that occur in traumatic events that cause bodily harm or mental anguish up to, and including, all the sensations that accompany death -- even in the absence of that trauma.

This is true even though it is rare.

This is also true even though some feign such sensations for secondary gain.

To those who are required to judge, both this reality and the inclination to dissemble for gain should be kept in mind before passing judgment.

The sad reality is most of us, and actually most judges and even paid medical experts, simply disregard offhand the suffering of others. Instead their default is to follow their first instinct, and to assume that the person pleading for empathy and understanding is untruthful. Why? Because if they do not so suffer in this manner, how could anyone else?

And the sad reality of our country right now is that our culture has so dramatically shifted, that we have little empathy, understanding or love for the disabled, downtrodden and homeless.

I say just as Jesus said, “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven,” we should, “suffer the disabled, downtrodden and homeless, and forbid them not, to come within our protective embrace,” for Jesus would say that of “such are the kingdom of heaven.”

Loren M. Lambert © May 21, 2024

Do Not Personally Appeal Disability Denials When Alleging Cognition Deficits Or Intellectual Disabilities

Technically, an individual could suffer from intellectual disabilities preventing full-time, sustained work and still be able to craft an intelligible, well written appeal of a denial of disability benefits. Such a hypothetical person could do so on their own without any human, computer software or AI assistance and again still be unable to work.

However, there is some inconsistency in alleging an intellectual disability and the ability to craft an appeal that requires cognitive skills. Also, the officials who evaluate such an appeal may not know when the disabled appellant received considerable assistance in drafting the appeal. Lastly, officials who consider such an appeal will more likely than not either consciously or subconsciously have the misguided belief that in order to qualify for benefits the appellant must be completely incapacitated from any cognitive or physical ability.

So what should you understand by this? It is probably not wise, especially for a person asserting cognitive deficits that disable them to file their own appeal for disability benefits. At the very least they should explain why the ability to organize their appeal is irrelevant to their disability.