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Benefits of being on Disability Allowance when you're over 26

  • 11-01-2016 08:06PM
    #1
    Occono
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    If I'm over 26, I'd get the same amount a week on DA as on JSA.

    But DA comes with a bus pass, and I think means you aren't as pressured to find a job? (I have Asperger's Syndrome, which makes it difficult to get a job. I do have a degree........but it's a 2.2 in English and History. :( I had so much trouble with writing argumentative essays for that degree, and my parents have never worked so I couldn't afford or get a loan to change course.)

    However IIRC you can't do a Jobbridge whilst on DA, and that's the only avenue for work experience in Limerick. I have half a year in Argos and some office experience I got as part of my degree. Limerick was really hurting for jobs.

    Should I go on DA or JSA?


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  • #2
    panda100
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    The DA excludes you from a number of mainstream activation initiatives not just jobbridge. Tus and the new local authority scheme are incompatible with DA. I have also worked with people on CE schemes who have been reassessed for DA after their CE scheme and lost it. I work with people with acquired brain injury in Limerick by the way.

    The intreo offices are not very accessible to people with disabilities. Staff are confused over payments and they don't understand the needs of people with disabilities.

    If you want to work I would stick on jsa. They do not make it easy for people on DA to return to work and you will be sucked into the cycle of unemployment that many people with disabilities face. Would you think of trying EmployAbility on Mallow Street? They would give you good advice regarding DA or JSA


  • #3
    Occono
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭Occono


    panda100 wrote: »
    The DA excludes you from a number of mainstream activation initiatives not just jobbridge. Tus and the new local authority scheme are incompatible with DA. I have also worked with people on CE schemes who have been reassessed for DA after their CE scheme and lost it. I work with people with acquired brain injury in Limerick by the way.

    The intreo offices are not very accessible to people with disabilities. Staff are confused over payments and they don't understand the needs of people with disabilities.

    If you want to work I would stick on jsa. They do not make it easy for people on DA to return to work and you will be sucked into the cycle of unemployment that many people with disabilities face. Would you think of trying EmployAbility on Mallow Street? They would give you good advice regarding DA or JSA

    I'll go to them, thanks.

    I'll stay off DA then, bus pass isn't worth it I suppose :P. I'm not incapable of working I just might not be able to handle any and all jobs.

    Honestly my degree has been burdensome because basic jobbridges I wanted to do rejected me for being overqualified, but no big employers want a 2.2 in English and History so it's a bit of a limbo.


  • #4
    panda100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,551 ✭✭✭panda100


    Occono wrote:
    I'll stay off DA then, bus pass isn't worth it I suppose . I'm not incapable of working I just might not be able to handle any and all jobs.

    Well I would say get some advice from EmployAbility before making a decision. We are lucky that the job coaches with EmployAbility in limerick are excellent. I've always found them very informative and they are there to support people with disabilities in limerick so use them!


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