Something I've been wondering....

[conuly]

How, exactly, does financial aid work? Do they just say "this is what you can pay, and we'll pay any amount more than that"? Or do they go "this is how much you get, no more"? Or what, exactly?

Edit: See, even though I fill out my FAFSA every year, I have no idea how it works.

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[leora.livejournal.com]

Oh, I get that too. Lots of people think I'm lazy, malingering, or just weird. None of my disabilities are visible. Many of them aren't even visible to doctors. That's part of why they view me so poorly. I look like a fairly healthy, albeit poorly sighted, girl who for some reason keeps complaining of being highly disabled and in lots of pain. But I look so healthy...

They speech problems are a serious issue. They don't tend to understand that I can't understand what they say well, and that I can't communicate with speech well. And even if I try to explain it, people just don't get it. But then, every time I go to the hospital somebody either hands me written paperwork and says, "here, you can read this." (uh thanks, but no, I can't) or tries to direct me with hand-waving. I have the big white reflective stick with red bit at the bottom. If they can't even understand being blind means you have trouble seeing, then I doubt I can explain totally invisible disabilities. Some days I wonder if I'm really the blind one.