Let’s face it: It’s easy to attack the Social Security Disability Insurance program and those who need it. Our Boston SSDI lawyers have heard a lot in recent months about how the rolls are bloated, there’s fraud and people don’t really need this “entitlement program” anyway. For a moment, let’s…
Lawmakers grappling with the issue of how to keep the federal disability insurance program fully functional for generations to come heard a novel idea recently from an analyst with the Congressional Budget Office. In a hearing before the House Ways and Means Social Security subcommittee, analyst Joyce Manchester testified that…
Researchers in Boston are part of an international consortium that has recently discovered an underlying biological link between a handful of psychiatric illnesses, including schizophrenia, autism and depression. This breakthrough research gets us one step closer to determining which genetic variants cause these conditions, and how we may be able…
Up until about two years ago, a person who experienced repeated episodes of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar, usually due to diabetes) might have been eligible for disability benefits on that basis alone. However, our Boston Social Security Disability Lawyers know that as of July 2011, all endocrine disorders – including…
Individuals and families of those who have been diagnosed with Down syndrome may be somewhat familiar with federal benefits through the Supplemental Security Income program, which is often extended to parents and caregivers of disabled persons under age 18. However, once that child becomes an adult, our Boston Social Security…
If your spouse was able to secure Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, you know he was able to overcome perhaps one of the greatest obstacles of all time, as the process is rigorous, time-consuming and difficult. But our Boston SSDI attorneys understand that it doesn’t always end there. Many widows…
The anxiety roller coaster of a young mother in Boston was recently chronicled by CNN in its investigation into whether anxiety medications where truly the best answer for parents suffering from severe bouts of depression and anxiety. Our Boston Social Security Disability Insurance lawyers know that while this mom has…
Every time Laura Willmott stared into the mirror, she saw a young woman who was grossly overweight and needed to become more disciplined in shedding the pounds. In reality, Wilmott was only 99 pounds, her skewed personal perception a symptom of her illness, anorexia nervosa. The British 18-year-old recently died…
Valentine’s Day is an apt time to raise awareness about the fact that heart disease is the leading cause of death among both men and women in the world, resulting in approximately 40 percent of all deaths in the U.S. – more than all forms of cancer combined. Our Boston…
One of the worst physical feelings in the world is being unable to breathe. There is the immediate, survival-mode panic that accompanies the wheezing, incessant cough, tightening of the chest, cold sweat and virtual inability to communicate. For chronic asthma sufferers, this is a regular occurrence. Our Boston Social Security…