I guess it was mine to begin with. On the advice of my doctor, I applied for a disability tax credit. (I have been treated for ADHD for the past >10 years).
I was approved and the credit is retroactive 10 years.
If my doctor hadn’t clued me into this, I never would have known.
Maybe other 'dopers can take advantage of something like this? (I’m in Cananda)
Have I mentioned that you are my favorite Doper? 
My neighbor was given $10,000 for back pay after he was approved for Social Security Disability. He received it in the form of a “check” though.
As long as you friend was in the US, he probably had no problem cashing his check.
Cheques are negotiable most everywhere else. 
Hmmm… I sent the government $13,000 in January. Coincidence? Of course I sent mine to the US government so it is surely in Iraq by now.
مرحبا ، وذلك بفضل من أجل المال.
I assumed it was just some looney Canadian spelling, like spelling “Governor” P-r-e-m-i-e-r. That’s not even close to how you would pronounce it. Anyway, considering the exchange rate, milking the Canadian welfare state gets you about $1300 more than in the US. Considering I get the same shitty weather that Ontario does, it sounds like a sweet deal.
Hmmm, I’m not really certain about the wisdom of a government cutting checks for $13,000 on the basis of an ADHD diagnosis…
Threemae, I think I get your point about ADHD. I’m not totally convinced myself and if I had ended up with a different doctor, I possibly could have a different diagnosis.
Over the past > 40 years my “problem” has cost me a decent education, a healthy relationship with my parents and siblings, a marriage as well as numerous jobs and friends. I have spent countless hours and thousands of dollars (mostly uninsured) on various therapies and phamaceuticals some of more value than others.
If the government thinks I deserve a $1300. /year tax credit for that, I’ll take it without guilt. I know ADHD has become a very common diagnosis for young people who have behaviour problems in school and many people seem to be dubious.
For me, the stimulants work far better than any anti-anxiety or anti-depression meds I have tried.
IANAD, but I think PTSD is a more appropriate diagnosis for myself, but my doc, bless her heart, has ADHD coloured glasses.
Wow, is there something like this in the U.S.? I am almost certain I could get a diagnosis for some mental health disability or other, I just have avoided doing so because I saw it as a net liability (expensive therapy + health insurance premium increase). Never occurred to me that it could be profitable.
Of course, you lucky Canadians don’t have to pay health insurance so there’s a huge difference there.
Sigh. Canadians DO pay health insurance, but they pay it to the government.
Prepaid isn’t the same as free.
Psssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssst. There are some furren people here. Act Normal.
**THIRTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS **because you’re being treated for ADHD?
Holy shit. My tax dollars at work. I think I’ll demand a check for having proctitis, and maybe they’ll throw in some bucks for my hay fever.