The thousands of employees at the Social Security Administration throughout the country do their best to inform Americans about how the various programs they oversee can help. In a recent report, one employee wrote about the ways that a person who is suffering from...
Most people would probably consider blindness to be a disability. Obviously it would be quite difficult to do the vast majority of jobs if a person can't see. However, what many people don't know is that when someone is suffering from blindness they might...
Most of our Los Angeles readers know that there are millions of Americans who receive Social Security Disability due to a wide variety of physical diseases, such as cancer, liver disease and heart disease. What many people do not know is that there are also thousands...
Los Angeles residents who are raising children know what a unique joy - and challenge - the job of being a parent can be every day. Sometimes there is simply no way to predict how your day will go when you are dealing with children. However, for as much joy as some...
Many of our Los Angeles readers have probably seen previous posts here discussing serious diseases that millions of Americans deal with every day, such as liver disease, heart disease and cancer. For many of these people, there is nothing they could have done to...
Most of our Los Angeles readers have probably suffered an injury at some point in life. Perhaps they broke a bone as a child, or maybe they were injured in a car accident. The good news is that the human body is resilient, and in most cases a person who suffers an...
There are millions of Americans who suffer from back pain. For many, back pain is just part of getting older. However, for some people back and joint impairments can be debilitating disabilities - leaving them unable to work. Back pain is a pretty general term, but...
Many of our Los Angeles readers have probably seen the news by now about the coming debate over how to rectify the financial issues facing the Social Security Disability fund. For those who don't know, there have been reports that this fund could facing significant...
Millions of Americans suffer from arthritis. The condition is worse for some than it is for others. But for everyone who suffers from this condition the pain can make it difficult to complete even the most simple of tasks. In the worst of cases, arthritis can leave a...
Many types of illnesses and diseases affect people pretty much the same across the board. A temporary illness, like the flu, usually makes a person nauseous, weak and generally unable to do much of anything for a few days. A chronic disease, like cancer, can make a...
