My b/f was on SS disability because he has ocular albinism and is legally blind. The government kicked him off social security because he was making too much money. If they based their assessment on what he made yearly he was not making more money than was allotted but because they assessed it by monthly he did. They now with hold his income tax ( Read more... )

I’m on SSI, have been for years, and I have a friend who’s looking to me as an expert/knowledgeable in Disability qualifications. Only problem is I’m only one brain, and she and I are worried that I’m biased because I know her. So I’m looking to you guys for an opinion ( Read more... )

i have been on ssdi but i like to go back to school, i do have anxeity attacks but if i can overcome it can i have a dream? is there ways to keep my benefits i had surgery and stomache issues been going to ers and doctorsand i can't loose my medical benefit as i need them i been taking meds as well. but i want to have a nice career job. and i plan ( Read more... )

Cost-of-Living Adjustment is First Since 2009 ( Read more... )

If anyone can help thanks..... Note I live in Michigan if that matters... Recently I got some BS in the mail that apparently I make to much money on disablity($1,300)so they are now saying I have to pay for my medicare and medicaid. They gave me some excuse that the limit someone can make on disability to get these for free is $1,200(.. -___-..)so ( Read more... )

I have a part time job ( Read more... )

So the Social Security Administration has decided that they have to re-evaluate whether or not I'm still fully and permanently disabled.

This is something that the SSA does regularly, because it's not like permanent disabilities are permanent. The fact that part of Chromosome 5 is missing with me--resulting in an incompletely developed lymphatic ( Read more... )

Hello All! My name is Melissa, and I'm a para-educator for a special ed department in a public high school. I'm part way through my master's degree and teaching certificate, and for one of my classes I'm doing some research on what people think about including multimedia and technology in instruction for students with IEPs, FSPs, and 504 plans. I'd ( Read more... )

My husband has been on SSDI for two years in February and then he will be switching to Medicare. The state or Medicaid is going to be paying his premiums and they said that his payment date would change to the 3rd I believe and will remain that way. Is this true? Also, would that mean since he starts Medicare that his February check would ( Read more... )

Hello all,

There wasn't a community geared toward being supportive of those affected by frontal or temporal lobe brain injury, so I recently created one.

Here is a synopsis of the community:
WHO is this community for? People affected by frontal or temporal lobe traumatic brain injury (tbi) in one or more of the following ways: has a frontal or ( Read more... )