I actually went through cognitive training over a year ago. It helped some, taught me some tricks, but nothing earthshatteringly new. I also did some additional online memory training for about 6 months. I've done everything I can think of, like I said, I now record my bosses dictation to me. I do the task according to my notes, then listen to the tape and make sure I go it all. Now I work even more slowly. I have not found a way to compensate for complete blanks in my memory. I'm having more difficulty focusing on conversations, I forget the subject during the discussion. With co-workers and friends, its not so bad, I just bow out gracefully and silently, but when I blank on my boss it is serious problem.

My neuro said there is full disability and partial. If I got a partial disability, meaning I can't do this job, but I can take a low level job at lower rate of pay and the DI will help me cover expenses? But I don't imagine it works like that. I've been on the SSDI site and it doesn't discuss full and partial DI (at least not that I've found.) Can I get a medium level part time job? The site says you can work while on DI, some sort of Work Incentive program, but I'm not clear on what that is.