for March 2007: How many people with EMS are permanently disabled as of 2007?
It’s almost impossible to know exactly how many persons with EMS are classified as permanently disabled (meaning unable to work at a job that would provide earnings (salary) substantial enough to meet the government’s definition.) However, I personally have been disabled since 1995 and went on SS disability in 1997 when I was 46 years old. I tried to work from age 39, but it just became impossible as the years went on. A certain number of persons with EMS were near retirement age when they became sick, so they either worked until they retired or took an early retirement. Some of those would meet disability requirements now, if researched. Others got EMS at a young age (college years, teen years or younger) and are just now trying to enter the work force or were unable to ever enter the work force due to disability, or have worked with varying degrees of success and are now in their 30s or about age 40.
It’s almost impossible to know exactly how many persons with EMS are classified as permanently disabled (meaning unable to work at a job that would provide earnings (salary) substantial enough to meet the government’s definition.) However, I personally have been disabled since 1995 and went on SS disability in 1997 when I was 46 years old. I tried to work from age 39, but it just became impossible as the years went on. A certain number of persons with EMS were near retirement age when they became sick, so they either worked until they retired or took an early retirement. Some of those would meet disability requirements now, if researched. Others got EMS at a young age (college years, teen years or younger) and are just now trying to enter the work force or were unable to ever enter the work force due to disability, or have worked with varying degrees of success and are now in their 30s or about age 40.
