Web article - Can Social Media Activity Affect My Disability Case?

Link to article

https://disabilityguide.com/can-social-media-activity-affect-my-disability-case.html

I know we should be looking at academic articles but I found this and it reminded me of my own person experience. After a few years ago after my second back surgery and hospitalization due to depression and quitting pain meds cold turkey. Whatever you do dont do that. I was told to apply to disability. I did and it is a long process. After being denied twice, I to hire a lawyer so we could appeal. This time they sent me to a judge.

I got denied and my mom often wondered if because of my education they kept denying me because even after the person from the state that defines your limitations said it would be hard for me to get a job. So I had to reappeal and got sent to a second judge. During the procedure I was surprised when all sudden she asks if you are disabled how can you go to school online? I answered the question honestly. Then she hit me with did you just publish a book like you posted on facebook? I had self-published a book on Amazon.

Despite the multiple warnings from our leaders in campus activities telling us that social media can follow us. It took me by surprise. I was honest I told her I wrote a 14 page book of essays that I decided to self publish after a couple of years. I told her I hope to someday open a charity to help bullied kids but right now it just a dream. With my health issues I know I can dream even plan all I want but most of the time I take day at a time. Sometimes even one month at time. So someday it may happen but someday it might not happen becasue of my health issues. What someone posts on facebook, instagram or social media can give the judge bias. Even though we have to fill out paperwork that lists our every day activities and what we have trouble with. They dont see the every day activities but they can see what choose to post on social media. I often dont post my every day issues on social media becasue I know most people dont want to know. Or as I have been told before I talk about being sick to much. Which is funny because I was told that by family and friends. Plus they dont know how much I keep to myself in my journal or by praying.