Assignment What social factors affect your family life? In what ways is your family life different from that of your grandparents when they were your age? Response The social factor that has affected my family life the most has to do with my dad. He is one of the most well liked people you will meet in life. Everyone who meets him is drawn to him because of his personality and ability to talk with everyone. He was employed with Chatham County for approximately 21 years. He is a certified law enforcement officer and was with the Chatham County District Attorney's office for most of his years. In his last position, he was the Assistant Director of Child Support. He was over the investigators who tracked down parents who were not paying child support. With his position, he also did off duty work, so that my mom could stay home with me and my two older brothers. It seems that just one day out of the blue, he was on the way home from work and did not feel well. He was dizzy and felt funny in the head. He thought this was due to the long hours he had been working recently. This dizzy feeling did not go away and seemed to be happening more often when he was driving. He went to the doctor and test were ordered and he saw many specialists. After consulting with numerous doctors, he was diagnosed with vestibular disease disorder. There are not a lot of people who have this disease and because it involves the inner ear and parts of the brain, there is no known treatment for it. Upon receiving this medical information, his employer felt that he was a risk to them so they put him out of work of disability. I can vaguely remember the day that he came home and said that he did not have a job anymore. My family's life changed. We were a family of five that lived comfortably and laughed all the time. My parents fought for over three years for disability for my father. In the end, he was put on social security disability, however, his income