Add Comment Question: My name is Tina LeBlanc, I was a PSW for 17 years with 4 years off work to go to college with WSIB paying to go to college. After going to college for 4 years I was not able to find employment that I was trained for. I had to find empoloyment doing home healthcare because I had bills to pay. I was getting about $480 per week from WSIB while in school. Once I was done school I was given a month to find work, after the month was over my WSIB was based on my earnings and they changed my payment from WSIB to $53.00 per week. I was only able to work parttiime, because of my workplace injury. After working parttime for 5 years my condition got worse and I was not able to work. I told my empployer that I had a old workplace injury that wasc again acting up. WSIB told me that I did not have to tell the new employer that I had a workplace injury when starting a new job. When I had to stop working permitly, the employer tried to blame it on a car accident that I was in, I unjured my right hand but didnot not get treated for my back as a result of the accident. Now currently I have not worked in 7 years, my condition has gotten progressively worse, I am in a wheel chair fulltime, I had surgery on my neck and on my back. I was starting to get a bit better after my back surgery, but my sciatica pain has gotten so bad that I am not able to walk. I have not balance or strength in my legs and have pain in my talebone and buttocks everyday the pain never goes away. My buttocks and legs, feet are numb and Im not able to walk. My lawyer has appeals with the WSIB for my neck and back surgery, but WSIB is denying the claim. I was told by doctors that I needed surgery because of repeditive bending lifting and twisting. I my injury srarted in m legs, then went to my back and then started affecting my balance witch I was told was my neck. Currectly my Lawyer has my appeals going to the WSIB Tribunal, tghe tribunal is saying that I have to attend a meeting to talk about my situation. I am completely disabled in a wheel chair full time have numbness in my arms hands and legs, buttocks. How do I talk about my injuries and be sure that they know that I am telling them the truth, I dont want them to think I am faking my injuries and just want to be treated farely. What am I entitled to I have told that this is cause by a workplace injury and now the injury has caused me to be disabled permanetly. How does the Tribunal handle cases were a persons has to testify. Answer: Unfortunately, we don’t handle WSIB claims here. I suggest that you contact Paul Sacco, paralegal, at https://meducationservices.com/ or 416-292-6825. You can also contact the Law Society of Ontario's Referral Service (all of their information is online). You can also read about certain other provincial and federal government assistance programs that may be available to you on our website, at: https://stlawyers.ca/disability-law/faq/government-income-support-programs/ (not an exhaustive list). If you have a Long-Term Disability (LTD) or Personal Injury claim associated with your disability (for example, if you want to discuss starting an action regarding your motor vehicle accident), please contact us again to set-up a free consultation. But remember, there are limitation deadlines for starting civil claims, which you must adhere to. Your Comment * Your Email * Your Name * Your City Note, your name, city and email is not displayed on the website. It is used to notify you that we have approved your comment.