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When applying for Social Security disability benefits and after the Social Security Administration has determined that you are disabled and entitled to benefits, there are limits to how much you can earn.  If you exceed these limits, Social Security may determine that you are not disabled or that your disability has ended due to your...

Under the current rules for the Social Security disability system, there is a five-month waiting period before SSDI benefits begin.  This means that you cannot receive income from the Social Security Administration during the first five-months after you have been diagnosed with a disabling condition that prevents you from working. A Social Security Disability lawyer...

Finding a job in a tough economy is hard for everyone, but unfortunately the disabled face many more struggle than most applicants. While employers are required to make reasonable accommodations to hire a disabled individual, those who are disabled are still restricted to finding jobs that they can feasibly do despite their impaired condition. For...

Recently, the New American discussed a survey that the Washington Examiner published regarding recipients of Social Security disability benefits. The New American reported that a 2009 study by the Social Security Administration showed that most recipients of federal disability checks acknowledged that finding a job was not a priority. Both the New American and the original...

The Autism Support Network provides important information to caregivers of children who have been diagnosed with autism and important advice to parents who might be struggling with the cost of caring for their autistic child. As the article pointed out, the Harvard School of Public Health estimates that caring for an autistic child can cost...

Recently, Philly.com published an article with the provocative title: "Is Social Security disability program 'backdoor welfare'?" The headline was prompted by commentary from Tad DeHaven, a research associate with a libertarian think tank called the Cato Institute, which examined the Social Security disability trust fund and said it was the most "ill-defined and exploited" government...

As medicine has improved and people have begun living longer, gerontologists once hoped for something called a "compression of morbidity." This concept essentially meant that people would remain active and healthy for most of their lives and then, once they reached an advanced age, would die swiftly. Unfortunately, this has not materialized and the chances...