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Do You Qualify for a Compassionate Allowance?

What is a compassionate allowance and how can it help me? Social Security benefits provide much needed financial assistance to individuals with certain medical conditions that limit their ability to work. While SSDI benefits can be life changing, applying for and receiving benefits is often…

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Social Security Disability and Epilepsy

Am I eligible to receive SSDI if I have epilepsy? Epilepsy is a serious condition that impacts an estimated three million people each year. Individuals with epilepsy may suffer seizures during the day or while asleep. Their severity and intensity vary depending on the patient.…

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Social Security Disability for Mental Impairment

There are many minor mental conditions that may not interfere with one’s ability to earn a living, particularly now that there are so many medications available to treat mild anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders and other mental health problems. Nonetheless, severe psychiatric or developmental conditions often…

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Reviews of Social Security Disability Benefits

Once I have qualified for Social Security Disability do I remain qualified for the rest of my life? The process of applying for Social Security Disability is a complicated, time-consuming one. It would be nice if once the government has determined you to be deserving…

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Atria Senior Living Settles Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination Against Deaf or Hard of Hearing Seniors

Is it discrimination if a senior living center fails to make reasonable accommodations for the hearing impaired? Many senior citizens suffer from impaired hearing or deafness. Yet a major provider of assisted living allegedly refused to provide sign American Sign Language interpreters at some of…

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SAVE Benefits Act May Help Social Security Beneficiaries

What is being done to restore Social Security cost of living adjustments? Before the 2016 election, Congressional lawmakers were said to be considering a measure, the Seniors and Veterans Emergency (SAVE) Act, to assist social security beneficiaries who were denied cost of living adjustments (COLA)…

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Disabled New Yorkers Sue Over Hazardous Curb Cuts

Most New York City pedestrians barely notice the condition of “curb cuts” — the small ramps on every street corner that bring the sidewalk down to the level of the street. But poorly maintained curb cuts are a serious obstacle for New Yorkers with disabilities,…

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Civil Service Retirement Disability

Who is eligible for Civil Service Retirement Disability? If you believe you are entitled to Civil Service Retirement Disability from the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), you will have to provide your employing agency with documents supporting your claims of medical disability. Be prepared for…

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Landlord’s Refusal to Pay for Bathtub for Disabled Tenant Proves Costly

What are the rights of the disabled when asking a landlord to make “reasonable modifications”? It is widely understood that, under Federal, state and local law, it is illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities. When it comes to housing, for example, landlords can be…

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Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

What do I have to do in order to receive SSD for my PTSD? The modern world — with its superabundance of wars, terrorist attacks, and natural catastrophes — creates an environment in which cases of PTSD are all too common. Veterans, victims of attacks,…

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