Trying to find a job with a disability!

After I graduated with my associate degree in web technology from Pellissippi State, it took me five years just to earn my associate degree where people usually takes people two years to complete an associate degree. In my case, it took me longer than two years because I needed to balance my class schedule, so that I didn’t end up with classes in which I had to write five papers per class, and the papers would be due within the same week. I usually take six hours per semester to avoid overloading myself. In 2013, Michael Weaver who was a support employment specialist from the Cerebral Palsy Center of Knoxville, helped me gain this position since Vocational Rehabilitation paid the center to provide me with supported employment to help me obtain some employment. Supported employment is a service that provides individuals with disabilities to obtain proper job placement. Michael Weaver was concerned if I work a few hours a week would affect my Tenn — care benefits which pay for my caregivers and buy me a new wheelchair every five years. I was so tired of living on a Social Security Check which was only for $240.00 monthly. I was excited about getting a job so I could support myself without relying on my mother for money was getting old. At first, I was leery of the Cerebral Palsy of Knoxville since they were sending letters to my mother asking her to donate money because the center can continue to…