Social Security Blind

If you re blind or have low vision.
Social security blind. The social security disability insurance program and the supplemental security income ssi program. The social security administration assigns social security numbers and administers the social security retirement survivors and disability insurance programs. To use the work incentives for people who are blind your social security records must show proof of blindness. There are different ways to receive information from us if you are blind or have a visual impairment and.
Find out if you qualify and how social security can help you. If you re blind we have special rules that allow you to receive benefits when you are unable to work. The dds will consider all the facts in your case. Once you qualify for ssdi you will receive benefits until you are able to find another source of work or you reach retirement age and your regular social security benefits begin.
Social security benefits for the blind the social security administration has rules in place that allow it to help people who are blind or have poor vision. Social security pays disability benefits to people who can t work because they have a medical condition that s expected to last at least one year or result in death. The ssdi program pays benefits to you and certain members of your family if you have worked long enough and paid social security taxes. How does social security know that i m blind.
At times social security needs to contact you with important information. Social security disability insurance provides disability benefits to blind people who are unable to work. Social security disability insurance ssdi. Supplemental security income ssi.
If you need further assistance you might also qualify for supplemental security income. If you are blind or visually impaired your choices for receiving information from social security. You have applied for or receive social security or. They will consider what your doctors or other sources have said about your impairment s when it began how it limits your activities what the medical tests have shown and what treatment you have received.
If your records do not show blindness or if you became blind since you became entitled to benefits you should contact your local social security office and ask to update your record. Ssdi benefits require a minimum amount of work credits while ssi is based solely on financial need. The social security administration ssa offers two programs that people who are legally blind or visually impaired may qualify for. The medical rules we use to decide whether you are blind are the same for each program.
The dds will decide whether you are disabled or blind under the social security law. Benefits are available to those with vision impairments through both the social security disability insurance ssdi program and the supplemental security income ssi program.