A federal judge has thrown some Social Security disability beneficiaries a lifeline, preventing the possible cutoff of the funds crucial for their very survival, at least temporarily. Unfortunately, the reaction from many to this act of judicial compassion reflects...
It can happen without warning. You might be doing something as mundane as vacuuming the living room floor or picking up a piece of trash and all of a sudden your back goes out. We're not talking a mere twinge that takes your breath away. We're talking about an attack...
Twenty eight girls may be counting their blessings after a stage collapsed beneath them. They are certainly counting their injuries. According to one source, it's a wonder none of them were killed. The girls from Rosary Hill High School in Anaheim, some 250 of them,...
Individuals dealing with some form of physical or mental disability face a lot of challenges in day to day life. That's one reason why Social Security disability benefits are available to those who are eligible for them, and why so many choose to press their claims...
There has been at least one study that suggests that living near a child with autism may lead to an increase in autism diagnoses in neighboring children. It's not that the other children somehow caught the disorder. Autism isn't contagious. What the researchers...
"In the interest of full disclosure" is a phrase that gets used sometimes by news outlets. It often gets employed when someone is worried that a story or an observation being made about someone with whom they have a known connection might be questioned by a suspicion...
As far as supporters are concerned (and there are plenty of them), this is the year the Achieving a Better Live Experience Act is due to pass. The measure, which carries the apt acronym ABLE Act, has been in the works in Congress since 2009. It has been languishing...
The thing about being a person with a disability is that sometimes you don't have the capability to manage many of the regular activities of daily living. Most readers might think of those activities as involving little more than performing daily hygiene functions or...
Last month we posted about a case prosecutors out East are developing against a large group suspected of trying to defraud the Social Security disability insurance system. At that time, just over 100 people had been named in indictments. This week, prosecutors...
The Social Security Administration vows that claims for disability benefits from certain disabled veterans are going to get fast-track attention; starting next month. Considering that many veterans, both long retired and others more recently discharged, often wait...
