Disability Benefits Depend on Earnings History
The Social Security Disability Insurance program can be confusing to navigate. Rules and regulations are frequently being changed and updated. Many people who have disabilities wonder about the amount of benefits they are eligible to receive. Your benefit amount...
Social Security Disability Benefits Application Process
Applying for Social Security Disability benefits can be a long and arduous process. To get your claim started, you have to fill out three forms: The application provides basic information such as names and birth dates of any children and dates of marriages or...
One in Four Social Security Disability Payments are for Mental Illness
Despite greater awareness about mental illness, it continues to be misunderstood and often maligned. Recently a mental health expert shared these facts about mental illness with a civic group in Bogalusa, La.: One in three Americans ages 15-55 will at some...