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The Paper Trail to Social Security Disability Benefits – What It Takes to Get There
When you apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), it is essential that your application is accurate, complete and that it properly highlights key facts about your disability…
Read moreConflict Creates Distraction at a Backlogged Oregon Disability Hearing Office
It’s serious business to get disability benefits. And it takes a long time for a claimant to reach the hearing level of a disability appeal. Apparently an administrative law judge and a disability lawyer lost respect for each other’s roles in that process…
Read moreWe Listened to Your Needs and Now Offer More Solutions
We’ve been listening. Through surveys, phone interviews, and even in-home visits, we’ve heard about your challenges and are here to offer solutions…
Read moreFacts about the New Health Care Law – Who Should You Trust?
The new health care law, called the Affordable Care Act, is a hot topic. And we all have opinions based on the informational sources we choose to believe…
Read moreReader Poll: Is Online Advertising Invading Your Privacy?
You’ve been on the Internet searching and sharing information about migraines with your Facebook friends. Now you’re seeing ads for headache remedies on your Facebook page…
Read moreYour Disability Cash Benefit is Tied to Your Annual Social Security Earnings Statement. Is it Correct?
Do you keep your Social Security earnings statements? As someone who used to work for the Social Security Administration (SSA) for many years, I know how important it is to review my statement…
Read moreYou Need to Work 5 out of 10 Years to Qualify for Disability Benefits. What Does This Mean?
Let’s clear up the confusion on what it means to need to have worked 5 out of the last 10 years in order to qualify for Social Security Disability benefits…
Read moreNew Freedom Square Site Helps Our Customers Get By
We realize that people are financially hurting out there and need help now. We’ve thought long and hard about that…
Read moreMay is Mental Health Month, so Take Five for Green Exercise
A new study suggests that just five minutes of green exercise can improve mental disorders, such as depression, a leading cause of disability…
Read moreNADR Helps Train Social Security Disability Advocates
As an accredited non-attorney disability advocate since 2007, I’m required to earn continuing education credits to maintain my professional status. I earn some of those credits at NADR…
Read moreTurn Off the TV and Get Outside with Your Child
Research from a new study concludes that too much TV exposure in very young children can lead to poor health in children as they grow older…
Read moreSSA Provides Special Web Site Just for Women
The Social Security Administration has a special section on its Web site that provides answers to benefits questions important to women…
Read moreRecruiting the Best Disability Advocates
At the National Association of Disability Representatives, (NADR) I recruited the best accredited non-attorney disability advocates to work full time at home…
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