In our regulations, we have tables of rules that we use as guides to evaluate how your age, education, and work experience affect your remaining capacity for work. For example, a person with the following vocational profile would be determined to have a disability, according to our tables of medical-vocational guidelines:

The Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability programs are the largest of several Federal programs that provide assistance to people with disabilities.

SSI provides monthly payments to people with limited income and resources who are 65 or older, or blind, or have a disability. Children younger than age 18 are eligible if they have a medical condition or combination of conditions that meets Social Security’s definition of disability.

2021年8月12日 · Studies show that a 20-year-old worker has a 1-in-4 chance of becoming disabled before reaching full retirement age. Social Security pays disability benefits through two programs: The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program. The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)

This is an archival or historical document and may not reflect current policies or procedures.

A child may be eligible for SSI disability benefits until attainment of age 18 (see definition of disability for children). When the child attains age 18, we evaluate impairments based on the definition of disability for adults (see definition of disability for adults).

The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide benefits based on disability: the Social Security disability insurance program (title II of the Social Security Act (Act)) and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program (title XVI of the Act).

This disability planner page lists some of the circumstances that can change your eligibility for benefits after you start receiving them, how often we review your case to check whether you are still disabled, the two things that can cause Social Security to decide that you are no longer disabled, and what happens if you go back to work while ...

SSI provides monthly cash payments to help meet the basic needs of children who have a physical or mental disability or who are blind. If you care for a child or teenager with a disability, and have limited income and savings or other resources, your child may be eligible for SSI.

Lamont Stevens is on long-term disability from the General Motors Corporation. Lamont has been entitled to disability benefits since 11/90 and became eligible for Medicare effective 11/92. …