The majority of both SSDI and SSI benefits are not taxable. … Whether filing your taxes individually or with your spouse, the following income limits result in about half of your benefits being taxed: Over $25,000 and less than $34,000 for an individual. A combined income over $32,000 if marriedRead More →
How can I end up with more money by working? You – and each adult in your family – can earn up to $200 each month without affecting your ODSP income support. Every dollar over $200 only reduces your ODSP income support by 50 per cent, and. ODSP will giveRead More →
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) helps cover the extra costs you may face if you need help taking part in everyday life or find it difficult to get around. It is an important benefit for people with arthritis. Is arthritis covered under disability? You can qualify for Social Security Disability IncomeRead More →
PIP (Personal Independence Payment) is the benefit that’s gradually replacing DLA (Disability Living Allowance). You’ll carry on getting DLA if you were 65 or over on 8 April 2013. Is disability living allowance counted as income? DLA is not counted as income for tax credits. However, if you get DLARead More →
The Social Security Administration (SSA) offers two programs that people who are legally blind or visually impaired may qualify for: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). The SSDI program pays benefits to you and certain members of your family if you have worked long enough and paid Social Security taxes. WhatRead More →
How Do I Prove That My Migraines are Connected to Service? Upon filing a claim for service connection for migraines, VA may schedule you for a compensation and pension exam. VA may also schedule a veteran for a C&P exam if a condition is already service connected, but an assessmentRead More →
Irlen syndrome is a difficulty with visual perceptual processing and is not an ‘eye’ problem. It affects well over half of autistic people but also occurs in approximately 15% of the neuro-typical population. What is scotopic sensitivity syndrome? In 1983 Helen Irlen1 described the scotopic sensitivity syndrome (SSS) as aRead More →
Stuttering is a psychological disorder. Emotional factors often accompany stuttering but it is not primarily a psychological (mental) condition. Stuttering treatment/therapy often includes counseling to help people who stutter deal with attitudes and fears that may be the result of stuttering. Is stuttering considered special needs? Speech therapy is consideredRead More →
SSA is aware that eligible SSDI recipients will likely take the workers’ compensation lump sum settlements and will offset SSDI payments to account for doing so. … They will specifically exclude medical and legal expenses from the total lump sum so that SSA cannot consider those items part of theRead More →
PWD means Persons with disabilities having 40% and above degree of disability will enjoy a 3% reservation in each of the categories, i.e. in SC, ST,OBC –A, OBC-B and in General Category, and such candidates, For PWD candidates, there shall be a relaxation of 5% marks in aggregate shall beRead More →