MONEY--NOT HELP--RULES LEGAL AID

My situation--to put it mildly--is grave. In the last six months, I have tried every legal aid outlet that I know of, and the message is clear: They cannot help me unless its tied to some kind of financial settlement.

My problem stems from a neuro-psych case in which Social Security conducted on me last summer, and from that, it was determined that I was miraculously cured of my cerebral palsy. But what was worse, was that they now think that I committed some kind of fraud against the government, involving my other neural disorders (ADD/ADHD/bi-polar), and two new health problems (a form of optic nerve degeneration and Factor Five Leyden).

So now they want to take me to federal court sometime down the road, and they insulted me by mailing me a list of attorneys and legal aid firms which could help me--but only if it involved some kind of financial settlement with Social Security. (And every answer I've got from them so far has been "No".)

As it stands, I don't know where to turn. But if the case where to be held now, I would lose. And therefore, all my benefits would stop--including my medical which is keeping me alive. Without it, I wouldn't last three weeks.

I make so little as it is on disability each month. and couldn't afford an attorney on my own.

But this is the system for you. And for the disabled, legal aid is supposed to work for them. But it doesn't. Not in this case--even though I am clinically disabled. And I'm afraid that I'll end up paying for it with my life.

Schuyler Thorpe

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Everett, WA 98204

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