Disability Benefits

Perhaps you’ve been browsing our site and wondering to yourself what qualifies someone to receive disability benefits from Social Security. Well, that’s more complex a question than you might think at first.

If you suffer from arthritis, you know of its disabling effects on the human body. From osteoarthritis to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), all of the effects are painful. Did you know that there are over 100 forms of arthritis recognized by […]

Tampa Bay Times reports this week that state funding has officially stopped for a program teaching everyday life skills to adults with disabilities. The Pinellas County School Board was unable to continue and maintain the cost of operations or find […]

Have you checked your recent monthly disability payment from the SSA and found the amount isn’t what it was before? While an increase may not seem like a problem, the opposite poses potential problems. In the event that your monthly SSD payments […]

There is never a concrete date universal to everyone concerning Social Security disability benefits. This includes a start date, stop date, or transition to Social Security Retirement benefits (this happens when you reach full retirement age, which varies depending on the year […]

When applying for disability benefits, or if your situation changes while receiving benefits, you must know what the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Social Security Income (SSI) programs are and how they differ. While similar in nature, these disability […]

If you or one of your loved ones has ever had a stroke, you know just how unpredictable the condition is. Depending on a number of factors, you might only have minor, treatable symptoms, or you might end up permanently hindered […]

If you have back pain, you know that it’s a major problem that can be incredibly painful. The harm back pain causes can stop you from doing the things that you love as well as the things that allow you […]

If you have diabetes, you know that it’s a condition that requires constant attention—especially if you have Type 1 (or juvenile-onset) diabetes. From watching your glucose levels, to administering insulin and eating at certain times to regulate your blood sugar, if […]

In an earlier post, we discussed various reasons you might qualify for disability. We stated that one of those reasons is pregnancy (but only due to other disabling conditions that it might create). As we said there, it’s strange to […]