HELLO I FEEL THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A FAIR CHANCE AT OBTAINING A CDL AND FED MED CARD WEATHER THEY HAVE EPILEPSY ,DIABETES OR ANY OTHER DISEASE SOME OF US LIKE ME WHO WERE BORN WITH THIS DISORDER HAVE NOT HAD THE CHANCE IN THE PAST AND I FEEL THAT IS WRONG BECAUSE I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE NO TROUBLE GETTING AND HOLDING A REGULAR DRIVERS LICENSE BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM WHEN A PERSON WANTS TO OBTAIN A CDL TO DRIVE A TRUCK TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LIFELONG DREAM OF MINE TO BE AN OVER THE ROAD TRACTOR-TRAILER DRIVER AND I HOPE TO BE GIVEN THAT CHANCE TO FAFILL THAT DREAM AND TO PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT I HAVE READ ALL THE CANDIDATES STORIES AND FEEL THAT THEY ARE IN THE SAME BOAT AS I AM SO TO SPEEK AND FEEL THAT THEY TO DESERVE A FAIR CHANCE AT OBTAINING A CDL WITHOUT BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST JUST BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE SEIZURE DISORDERS OR SOMETHING ELSE WRONG WITH US WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT IN MY CASE STORY IT WAS STATED THAT WHEN MY LAST SEIZURE OCCURED WHEN I HIT MY HEAD ON A CONCREATE FLOOR THAT I WAS NOT ON MEDICATION I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT I WAS INDEED ON MEDICATION AND THE SEIZURE WAS CAUSED DUE TO TRAMA TO THE HEAD WHICH COULD HAPPED TO ANYONE WEATHER THEY HAVE THIS DISORDER OR NOT..
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
ERIC HILMER
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