How to File for Disability

July 28th, 2009 by Mike

Filing for disability can be a last resort for many people who are looking for a way to survive. There are actually law firms who specialize in filing social security, disability claims and help fight to make sure their clients receive their benefits. The easiest way to file a disability claim is to contact your local representative from the Social Security Administration and to tell them about your situation. Most of the people that you talk to on the phone are very understanding and willing to help. On occasion you end up running into someone who works for them who chooses to gripe about how broke the system is. You can go to ssa.gov and they have a map along with the fact that you can type in your zip code in order to find your local Social Security office.

They should have an option on the ssa.gov website promoting the idea of filing a disability claim. They have the first options which are about what exactly your age is and whether you are a child or adult that is making the claim. They have this down to three steps. You can skip one of the steps if you have never worked before. They even have assistance for you if you are hard of hearing or deaf when trying to contact the Social Security Administration. This kind of assistance can be very helpful.

The hardest part about filling out the Adult Disability Report is the fact that you have to contact your doctor in order to have them send the information to the Social Security Administration. Working your way through these medical and government bureaucracies can be difficult and frustrating. Reviewing the Adult Disability Starter Kit is the easiest part of the process and is in fact the first step in the process. The report itself is a few pages long, worth of information that you have to fill out and remember though that there are non-profits and other advocates who can help you through the process. You can always have your assistant or caretaker help you with the paperwork if you cannot write on your own. Another difficult part of the process is if you as a disabled person decide you actually want to work for a living. The bad thing about this is that it puts your benefits and thus your medical care in danger. Thus the Social Security Administration in a way discourages work.