Fibromyalgia is a condition that the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases estimates is a condition suffered by about 5 million Americans. The main symptoms experienced by people with fibromyalgia include persistent pain and fatigue as...
Many people are surprised to learn that there is a five-month waiting period for Social Security Disability Insurance after being approved. However, what's unfair is that this waiting period prevents some people with terminal illnesses from ever receiving the...
According to a new report by the national advocacy group Public Citizen, health care workers suffer more illnesses and injuries related to their jobs than workers in other industries, but the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is relatively lax on...
Forbes recently featured an interesting article by the co-founder and chief operating officer of a staffing company that focuses on recruiting people with disabilities. In the article, the woman said her eyes were recently opened to a scary reality for people...
Even though a person's chances of living with lupus for five years or more has increase from 50 percent in the 1950s to 95 percent today, the disabling condition is still very hard to endure for the approximate 1.5 million Americans who live with it. Luckily, in cases...
Nearly 10 million people in the United States are dealing with the pain and fatigue associated with fibromyalgia. The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases has identified a number of symptoms related to this illness, yet medical...
Disabled people make up a large percentage of our population, but for many decades they have not been fairly represented in history and society. Thankfully, that is beginning to change. In an example of this, the National Museum of American History recently unveiled a...
As any sufferer of a mood disorder can attest to, mental impairments can be especially debilitating. For instance, mood disorders such as depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder can incapacitate a person to the point in which he or she has difficulty concentrating,...
In the early morning hours yesterday, many recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits discovered that they were unable to access newly deposited SSI funds, although it was later discovered that system outages may be to blame for the delay. According to...
Earlier this week, several administrative law judges working for the Social Security Administration were called to testify before Congress as part of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's investigation into the Social Security Disability Insurance...
