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Major Leaguer Legend Inspires Deaf Baseball Team to Win Big
Curtis Pride is a baseball legend who is deaf and is now taking his experience to coach deaf athletes at Gallaudet University…
Read moreLung Cancer: Social Security Disability
Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in the United States. Early detection can improve chances of survival…
Read moreCan I Get Both SSI and SSDI Benefits?
If you have few resources and limited income but have worked and paid into Social Security in the past, you could get benfits from both SSI and SSDI…
Read moreTop-Notch Disability Advocacy Services Sets Us Apart
I am extremely pleased that the non-attorney disability representation bill (H.R. 4532) is now law. It means that people are not limited to using an attorney or lawyer if they want to win disability benefits. They have choices…
Read moreVeterans Disability Advocate Joins Freedom Disability to Represent Disabled Veterans
Allen Gumpenberger, formerly of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV), joins Freedom Disability as its Director of Veterans’ Disability Advocacy…
Read moreDisability Rights Leader Kathleen Martinez Tells Her Story
Kathleen Martinez, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy, tells her personal story that shaped her to become a national leader for disability rights…
Read moreThe Wait for Disability Benefits
Applying for Social Security disability benefits is a complex process and it’s long. Unfortunately there is no magic potion to make SSA move any faster…
Read morePBS Special on Service Dogs
“Through the Eyes of a Dog” documentary explores how service dogs improve the lives of people with disabilities…
Read moreHealth Care Reform has Many Positive Provisions for the Disability Community We Serve
After much debate and political drama, health care reform is finally law. For the disabiity community there are some impactful changes for the better…
Read moreBeing Deaf is a Gift – So Says an Everyday American Family
What is it like growing up as a hearing person with parents and two siblings who are deaf? Jared Firl uses sign language to communicate with his family instead of …
Read moreTreasury Announces All-Electronic Transactions of Federal Benefits
Social Security disability benefits and other federal benefits transactions will go totally electronic by 2013…
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