Disability Dialogue: Frustration,Hiring and Firing Attorneys
Disability Dialogue-- Deciding When to Apply & Coming to Terms with Disability
Disability Dialogue— The SSA, Consultative Examinations, & Hiring an Attorney
Over the last few months we have dedicated many of our blog posts to answering all of your disability-related questions. Today, however, we’re asking the questions!
We spoke to a group of disability recipients about their experience applying for Social Security Disability benefits. We thought that by speaking with real people, we’d be able to show you a different side of the application process. Our hope is that the information we collected will answer your questions, improve your experience, and prepare you to submit your own application.
Will inheritance affect my Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) payments?
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Short Term Disability Vs. Social Security Disability Benefits
As you may have noticed, we have been using our most recent blog posts to address questions that we receive about disability benefits. The question that we will be answering today involves short-term disability benefits—something that we get asked about all the time.
As always, if you have a question that you’d like us to answer, leave it in the comment section below. Today’s blog question is:
Does my gender affect my eligibility for disability benefits or the amount that I will be paid?
As we have noted in previous blog posts, many different aspects of a person’s life factor into their eligibility for disability benefits. This includes more obvious factors like the ability to work and less obvious factors like a spouse’s income. This week, someone on Facebook sent us a question regarding gender and its effect on a person’s eligibility for disability benefits. Here is our response:
I am receiving SSI benefits. Will getting divorced affect my payments?
In a recent blog post we discussed the ways in which SSDI benefits could potentially be affected by divorce. Today we thought we would discuss the ways in which SSI benefits can be affected by divorce.
This question was sent to us on Twitter. Feel free to leave your disability benefit questions in the comment section below and we may answer them in a future blog post. Today’s question is:
I have private, long-term disability insurance. Will this help me get approved for Social Security Disability benefits?
In addition to the federal disability benefit programs—SSDI and SSI—there are many smaller programs that offer financial assistance to individuals who have disabilities. These can come in the form of state-wide programs, charities, and insurance programs. But how do these impact your eligibility for federal disability benefits? A recent visitor to our interactive disability forum, asked the following question
