Earlier this week, we wrote about the dilemma faced by children receiving Supplemental Security Income who, as they become old enough to work, are often forced to choose between a part-time income and the SSI benefits their family has depended on for years. Aside from...
We recently wrote about Supplemental Security Income (SSI), under which a child under 18 may qualify for financial support if he has an impairment lasting for at least one year that renders him unable to perform any substantial income-earning work. Physical...
Successfully completing an application for Social Security Disability (SSD) is a long, involved process for most applicants. There is a great deal of personal information to enter and paperwork to attach, leaving many applicants feeling vulnerable after divulging such...
In the two decades between 1989 and 2009, the percentage of working-age adults receiving Social Security Disability (SSD) in the United States has more than doubled to just under five percent. Concurrently, the cost of SSD programs has skyrocketed, tripling from...
Alzheimer's disease is a mental disorder that is commonly thought to affect only the elderly; people who have retired and are in the last years of their life. However, experts say that this debilitating disease has begun to affect younger people who have many years...
When a child is disabled, dealing with the disability can put an enormous strain on that child's family, both emotionally and financially. Often, these disabilities persist throughout the child's life, and the added stress goes right along with it. Many parents are...
We recently wrote about the wide frustration with the seemingly ever-increasing Social Security Disability (SSD) application wait times. As applicants wait for an answer, they usually face growing financial difficulties, leading many to seek other options to pay their...
Last week, we wrote about the ever-increasing Social Security Disability application wait times, and how it was affecting applicants across the country. Data recently released by the Social Security Administration has expanded on this growing problem: the agency...
A little unclear wording is making a lot of people very nervous. A new proposed federal regulation from the Social Security Administration (SSA) contains imprecise language regarding those who would seek to receive Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits for mental...
Throughout the country, applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits face a process that is time-consuming, confusing, and that is accompanied by a wait time that usually stretches for months or even years. However, Social Security Administration...
