Long Time Gone

It's been an extraordinary long time since I've posted here. I've really just been wrapped up at work and with family life. Lately, though, I've been assisting a friend with a site that she created a while back. This is basically a human services type thing that offers information on social security disability, which is the disability program offered by the social security administration to citizens who have worked and now, for whatever reason, are no longer able to work. My own web skills are, honestly, pretty basic, but I've been able to pitch in with editing and getting the word out to service type organizations regarding her site and the valuable information it offers for people who are disabled, or, rather, people with disabilities. I'm honestly not sure which term is more correct, PC-wise. However, I think the site pretty much speaks for itself as its been listed by a number of other websites as a helpful resource, including the 55 Kip center, Hammonton Online, Access Unlimited, Franklin's Home page, New Mobility, The Neurotalk Forum, and the disability page at All Experts.

That's the interesting thing about the way the web works, though. If you put out valuable and helpful information, particularly when it serves a useful purpose for individuals with a special need, it will generally be found. Thankfully, today's search engines are quite capable when it comes to A) finding this information, B)getting it recorded, and C) making it available to web searchers.

Interestingly enough, while I've been helping my friend with getting her site together and announcing it to its core audience, I've been coming across some statistics that are fairly surprising. According to newspaper reports, as many as one out of five people will become disabled at some point before they reach retirement age. That's pretty scary if you think about it. And it could happen as the result of a freak illness or accident. From my perspective, it makes me wonder if I should at some point get disability insurance to cover my potential lost wages in the event that I'm unable to work for an extended period.

Boy, when I was younger, all I thought about was fun stuff. But that's getting older for you. Practical considerations become the order of the day.