| Disability of any form is a curse to humanity. It not only | | | | benefit. But the deceased wife or husband should |
| demeans a person's ability to earn livelihood but | | | | have worked for enough number of years to get the |
| sometimes also brings him social disrespect. Thus, | | | | benefits under the social security. |
| disability exists not physically only, but also in the minds | | | | There are also social security benefits for the disabled |
| of the people who constitute our society. | | | | adult children of the deceased parents . For this to |
| You must have come across various cases, when an | | | | happen the child should have suffered from disability |
| efficient employee of an organization was thrown out | | | | before 22 years of age. |
| because he suffered from a kind of disability, and now | | | | The disability insurance benefits due to the disabled |
| his family does not even have enough resources to | | | | Widow's, Widower's and children with disabilities, are |
| continue even a minimal livelihood. | | | | paid to them, irrespective of their financial condition. |
| Disability can bring you to a sorry state. But to | | | | These benefits are paid on the basis of the record of |
| safeguard the rights of disabled ocial security benefits | | | | the social security earnings of the beneficiary. Despite |
| are provided by the government. Under the Social | | | | this some other security income benefits, that are |
| Security Act disability is defined as the inability to | | | | given in the form of supplement, are paid to the people |
| perform any substantial activity, due to a medically | | | | who have a poor financial condition and are also |
| determined mental or physical impairment. | | | | disabled. |
| To be eligible to get social security benefits, you need | | | | There is an easiest and the best way to file the social |
| to be disabled for a year. Social Security includes the | | | | security benefits. You can go to a nearest social |
| combination of various impairments that one can | | | | security office personally. The alternative way can be |
| suffer. To give you the benefit, all your medical records | | | | that the person may telephonically contact the social |
| are collected and then they are carefully studied. | | | | security office and then arrange an interview to file a |
| There are five major types of Social Security benefits | | | | claim. |
| to the disabled. Of them the disability Insurance | | | | The very common question that boggles everybody's |
| Benefits is the most important. It is for the people who | | | | mind is what is the right time to file a security benefit. |
| were working in the recent years, generally the last | | | | Should you wait for some time to claim the benefit or |
| five years, and are disabled in the present. | | | | immediately do it? The answer to this query is that |
| Apart from this the disabled widow's and the | | | | you can file for it on the very same day on which you |
| widower's are provided with the social security | | | | became disabled. Do not make the mistake of waiting |
| benefits. A person who is 50 years of age and is | | | | for months and years, after encountering disability. |
| disabled after the death of the spouse is eligible for this | | | | |