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A modified process is used in the case of children for whom Supplemental Security Income benefits are being claimed [4] (as children are not expected to work). For adults, part of the disability-determination process involves assessing the applicant's "residual functional capacity": what the applicant can do in spite of the disability. [5]
A study in 2020 found that, relative to other children, SSI child beneficiaries have "high rates of poverty, near poverty, material hardship, hospitalization, mortality, and adverse schooling outcomes". [18] A study in 2019 found that infant mortality rates for SSI child applicants are about five times that of all children. [19]
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSD or SSDI) is a payroll tax-funded federal insurance program of the United States government.It is managed by the Social Security Administration and designed to provide monthly benefits to people who have a medically determinable disability (physical or mental) that restricts their ability to be employed.
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This NY man, 41, was on the verge of homelessness after his $97,000 Social Security disability-benefits check was stolen from the mail — how to protect yourself from check fraud in 2025
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As of the early 1970s, U.S. public schools accommodated 1 out of 5 children with disabilities. [7] Until that time, many states had laws that explicitly excluded children with certain types of disabilities from attending public school, including children who were blind, deaf, and children labeled "emotionally disturbed" or "mentally retarded."
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