The Lupus Foundation did write her a letter, but before she even said it she said,"Don't write her any negative mail, because she doesn't read it."

I feel like personally writing her a letter that she won't read... But I'm more concerned about the public connotation, and the fact that She made rulings with this ignorance while on the bench.

Any one serving the public should be held to the highest standard. That goes for local, or national. ginnie

Judge Judy is an entertainer who happened to have a work history of being a Superior Court Judge. Not a public servant. A TV star.

judge judy is a blow hard

Judge Judy is the ONLY judge show I watch. Been watching since she first started on tv. She runs her tv court room just like she ran the real one - NO NONSENSE. Her specialty is NY Family Law.

"Don't pee on my leg & tell me it's raining"....... JJ
"How can you tell when a teenager is lying? When they open their mouth!".....JJ

shes still a blow hard. shooting her mouth off about something she knows NOTHING about

I have only known one person personally that had Lupus. She was an extremely ill young lady in her 30's. Yes, I used the correct tense, past tense as she is deceased. Her lupus affected so many vital organs, including her heart, and kidneys. She was on dialysis since she was a young girl. She was on disability when I met her but I am sure it was her ESRD, end stage renal disease, which is an automatic qualification.

Must someone with lupus have to wait until it destroys their kidneys and they are on dialysis to be approved for disability?

I am astouded that anyone with any knowledge, even very limited, could not understand how an auto-immune disease should be grounds for disability. By definition, when one's own body is attacking itself, how can that be anything but disabling?

Well, just had to put in my 2 cents. If for no other reason but in honor and memory of the sweet young lady I knew that lost her life to lupus.

Not everyone with Lupus matches SS's definition being eligible for SSI/SSDI, nor is kidney function the only deciding factor of when they'll become eligible.

Agreed.

My comment was in response to a blanket statement that lupus was not disabling and should not qualify one for disability, as a poster stated was made by Judge Judy.

The young lady of whom I wrote was an inspiration. I just wanted to honor her and her courage. She really touched my life.

"a blanket statement that lupus was not disabling and should not qualify one for disability"


Misassumptions regarding lupus (and most diseases or conditions) can happen on both at either end of the spectrum. Saying that "lupus is not disabling and should not qualify one for disability" (*not Judge Judy's exact words) is not correct. Saying, ""lupus instantly causes total disability and should result in automatic disability approval" is also not correct.

The symptoms of lupus (SLE) will cause some level of disability. Many unfortunate lupus sufferers will experience total disability at some point in the course of their disease; that may come sooner or later in the course of the condition for different people.

I'm appalled by what Judge Judy said. I think it was insensitive at best (I have my fingers crossed that maybe she will make a public apology and clarification) and incredibly bigoted and/or ignorant at worst. 'm also a little confused by it. In describing her dil, she says somedays she's exhausted, somedays she gets done what she needs to. Judge Judy never actually says that what she needs to do ( I'm paraphrasing, but here's the link if anyone needs it : http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...55123115,d.eW0 ) includes SGA. Heck, I get done what I NEED to. Unfortunately, bathing, housework, working at a job, driving the kids to school because they missed the bus......none of them are NEEDS, they are WANTS.

Then she says that sometimes it's debilitating and sometimes not. Is that supposed to mean that for some people it disabling and for some people it's not ? Or does it mean that just because her dil isn't that bad some of the time, she expects ALL people with lupus can do SGA ? Does she "get" that employers usually aren't too fond of employees who only show up 1/2 the time ?

Will she still be saying, "Meh" if her dil ends up on dialysis ?