When a child is born with a serious disabling condition, this can impact every aspect of life. While children with disabilities are entitled to a public education, with appropriate accommodations made for their disability, disabled students generally graduate at lower rates than students who are not affected by physical or…
A lawmaker in South Boston is arguing in favor of a bill to mandate state contractors hire enough disabled workers to perform contracted services so employees with disabilities make up 10 percent of the workforce. Hiring disabled workers would become a condition for any contract for services, including landscaping contracts,…
In the past few decades, autism has been getting a lot more attention, as the number of cases has grown exponentially. Research and related therapies have followed. While there are more services in place now than in years past to help children with autism and their families, including components of…
College is more expensive than ever. Undergraduate tuition has risen to seemingly astronomical amounts in the past couple of decades to where most students will have no choice but to borrow huge amounts of money to attend college. Just to get an idea of the numbers, tuition at Boston College for…
There are currently around 11 million Americans who are receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. While this may seem like a very large number, it is actually much smaller than the number of Americans who are disabled and should be getting benefits, but there is not enough funding in the…
According to a recent news article from Disability Scoop, there is a bipartisan effort among some in Congress to make some changes to the Achieving a Better Life Experience bill more commonly referred to as the ABLE Act, or simply as ABLE. ABLE was passed into law in 2014, and…
During the populist candidacy of Donald J. Trump, he promised to make a lot of cuts to so-called big government. At the same time, he promised to leave the Social Security system alone. This includes both the Social Security disability benefits system and the Social Security Old Age and Retirement system.…
A recent case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit involves claimant who applied for both Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). As often happens whenever a claimant first applies for Social Security disability benefits, the application is denied. We would say…
It takes a long time to finally be awarded Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits beginning from the date of filing a first claim to the final benefits decision. For many, this process will take over a year, and, in some cases, it will take two years. In addition to…
In this past presidential election, many Americans and much of the world were shocked by the seemingly impossible result of Donald Trump’s victory. One of the major reasons that Mr. Trump was ultimately elected was his huge support among those who live in what have become known as “flyover states.” This…