As the 50th-anniversary commemoration of the historic March on Washington approached, a buzz of excitement arose in the disability rights community. Fred Maahs, chair of the American Association of People with Disabilities was scheduled to be among the luminaries...
Month: August 2013
How is the amount of monthly SSD payments figured?
People in Atlanta who apply for Social Security disability benefits often aren't aware of how the amount of disability payments is calculated. Regardless of how severe your disability is, the amount of monthly benefits will be determined by looking at how much you...
Could same-sex marriage affect my Supplemental Security Income?
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner made an announcement recently about how the agency plans to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor, which struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act. As of...
Social Security Administration to stop saying ‘mentally retarded’
Almost three years ago, President Obama signed Rosa’s Law, which urges federal education, labor and health agencies to revise their policy manuals so that they no longer use the term “mental retardation” or similar phrases to refer to people with...
Far from welfare, SSD and SSI are time-consuming and hard to get
Social Security disability attorneys hear questions every day about whether Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income are really just alternatives to welfare. Often, this is because the number of Social Security disability beneficiaries has...