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Disability Issues
Ask questions here about types of disabilities whether mental or physical and the laws that protect the disabled.
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Can you get disability for depression?
Yes. Depression is a qualifying condition under Social Security Disability rules, but you would need to have medical documentation and an employment history demonstrating the depression significantly interferes with your ability to engage in substantial gainful activity (SGA). In 2010, SGA is $1,000 per month for most disabilities, and $1,640 for anyone legally blind.
You can learn more about SSDI, SSI and the application process through the Social Security Administration via Related Links and Sources, below.
What is the name of the law that keeps people from taking advantage of the mentally disabled?
The questioner COULD be referring to the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act).
What is the retro tlevision show with a man a blonde woman and a woman in a wheelchair lift?
The Farmers Daughter, with Ingamar Stevens.( I believe she commited suicide in the 60's.)She was the maid to a senator or congressman.The lady in the chairlift was the mans mother and he had a young son also.He was recently widowed and hired a maid.
The Elastic Clause
Will social security ever let you you work again after being on social security disability?
You can always go back to work however, you won't receive any more benefits once you do depending on your case and age.
How do you become eligible for social security?
At age 62 if you have enough earned credits (work periods throughout your life) you would become eligible for a reduced portion of your social security retirement if you waited until you were 65 years of age. At age 62 you would receive approx. 75% of what you would have received if you waited until you were 65 years old.
Disability under social security prior to your retirement age (either 62 or 65) would depend on your medical condition and how disabled you would be. However you would still need enough work credits to be eligible.
The Americans with Disabilities Act addresses the computing and other requirements of individuals in the workplace who have or may develop physical limitations.
Can you get disability checks for being borderline mrdd?
your question does not make sense. What is mrdd? Please change he wordings and submit again.
Who is liable for leaving a person in his wheelchair home alone if he falls?
the parents or gaurdians themselves!
In general:
Primary - means that the disabled person's Social Security benefit reduces the amount of LTD paid. Typically, the reduction is dollar for dollar - every dollar of SS benefit reduces the LTD benefit by one dollar.
Full - means that both the disabled person's Social Security benefit and any spouse/child Social Security benefits reduce the amount of LTD paid. Typically the reduction is dollar for dollar.
Family - usually means the same as Full above.
Backdoor - means that the LTD plan looks at three different calculations and pays the lesser of the three:
1. the benefit percentage (often 60%) of the disabled person's earnings, reduced by all of the reductions allowed by the plan EXCEPT for Family SS benefits; or
2. a higher benefit percentage (often 70%) of the disabled person's earnings, reduced by all of the reductions allowed by the plan, INCLUDING Family SS benefits; or
3. the maximum monthly benefit (whatever dollar limit or cap that is set by the plan).
Please keep in mind that these are general definitions. Your plan could use different definitions or have unusual features that modify any of the above statements.
What does reasonable accommodations mean?
In the business world the term "reasonable accommodations" is often used to describe what monies it will pay to its employees when traveling on company business. For example, within its policies on travel expenses, airline flights in "business class" will normally fall into the category of "reasonable accommodations". The company will consider flying "first class" as unreasonable accommodations. This also will refer to hotel room expenses.
Does Social Security include disability benefits?
United States
In the United States, the Social Security Administration is responsible for federal disability benefits as well as retirement and survivors' benefits, Supplemental Security Income, and several other related social programs.
There are 2 federal programs under the U.S. Social Security Administration that are designed to provide disability benefits to injured/disabled workers or individuals with little income and few resources. The first is Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and the second is the Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Persons with disabilities may apply to either depending on their qualifications, so as to receive monthly financial assistance to help make ends meet while they are unable to work for a living or if they totally have no means of earning.
United Kingdom
The department of health and social security is now called the department for work and pensions and whatever benefits you receive are paid from one of their offices albeit that income support and job seekers and most other benefits are granted and sent out from offices here in England your disability living allowance comes from Belfast from the dla office based there and although your DLA is indeed a state benefit it is not what you would call social security benefits which are there for you to live on and DLA is not for you to live on but there for your quality of life and therefore does not come under the same section in the benefits office.
What is that glee song called where the guy in the wheelchair is singing on his own?
Dancing With Myself
How many disabled veterans are rated 100 percent service connected disabled in the US today?
257,100
http://www1.va.gov/vetdata/docs/4X6_winter08_sharepoint.pdf
How large wasThe first lump-sum payment made by social security in 1937?
Does it matter. It was 1937.
What are the similarities between wheelchair basketball and regular basketball?
It's both still basketball.
They're both highly competitive.
You still use your hands to shoot and your goal is still to shoot more baskets than the other team.
And of course, the love for the game is still there.
What is an example of an assistive device?
Assistive devices include:
- carts
- hoists and lifts
- lift tables
Marathon runner Dick Hoyt was born June 1, 1940. He is known for including his son Rick (born 1962, paralyzed by cerebral palsy) in his marathon and Ironman competition, competing as Team Hoyt.
What prior acts was the Americans with Disabilities Act modeled after?
Built on a foundation of statutory, legal, and programmatic experience, the ADA was modeled after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
How are wheelchair users portrayed in the media?
Often, wheelchair bound persons are depicted as having low intelligence. But in real life, authors, scientists, inventors, etc. must use chairs. In media, people are depicted as having low morals, low self esteem, few goals, no personal drive, as drug or alcohol abusers, etc.---but most disabled people aren't like that at all. Disabled, in general, are shown as either powerless and needing protection---or invisible and forgotten. Not all are powerless, but many feel invisible.
You may be thinking of Hot Rod.
In X-MEN movies what is the real name of their leader who is on a wheelchair?
Patrick Stewart See related link
