Serious question about job hunting

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Change management struggles.

All she has to do is say it's making her depressed and voila', disability benefits and accommodations. I think she might have a case...


Disability Listing for Depression
Social Security publishes a list of common, serious illnesses that qualify for disability if they meet the specified criteria. The purpose of the list is to grant disability quickly for severe impairments. Depression is covered in impairment listing 12.04, Affective Disorders. To qualify for either Social Security disability or SSI disability benefits on the basis of depression, you must show you have severe depression by having at least four of the following symptoms:
lack of interest or pleasure in most activities
decreased energy
poor appetite or overeating
insomnia or oversleeping
difficulty concentrating or thinking
lack of physical movement
feelings of worthlessness or guilt
paranoia, delusions, or hallucinations, or
suicidal thoughts.
In addition, Social Security requires that your symptoms of depression cause you serious difficulty in:
activities of daily living (ADLs)
social functioning
focusing, or
repeated, extended periods of worsening symptoms (episodes of decompensation).
For example, an individual with a diagnosis of depression who doesn't get along well with others, can't concentrate on simple tasks, and has trouble with hygiene may be able to qualify under the disability listing for depression.