Everyday People Matter
The term “autism” refers to a broad range of conditions that can result in challenges in verbal and non-verbal communication, social skills, and speech and language skills. Symptoms can vary depending on the severity of the condition. This latter fact is also what makes recovering disability benefits for autism extra challenging for persons who suffer from the condition. If your…
Children who suffer from a mental or physical disability may be at a much higher risk of suffering from abuse or neglect. Those are the results of a new study that yielded disturbing findings. According to the study, children who suffer from mental or behavioral disorders have a heightened risk of abuse, and those risks differ depending on the type…
Autism is a disorder that is usually present from birth, and affects a person’s communication abilities as well as their personal skills. Typically, the disorder is diagnosed by the time a child is three years old. An adult who suffers from autism may qualify for both Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits as well as Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) benefits.…
Yes. Vaccines matter. This is a scientific fact, not a matter of opinion. Vaccines prevent 6 million deaths every year worldwide. They have fundamentally changed modern medicine. In 1950 The World Health Assembly undertook to rid the world of smallpox through systemic vaccinations. The smallpox disease killed millions of people in the 20th century. By 1980 the disease had…
In order to receive Social Security disability benefits for a child suffering from autism, your child must suffer from a number of cognitive impairments and impairments in social and personal functioning. The Social Security Administration (SSA) will look for signs that a child suffers from multiple types of impairments when evaluating eligibility for benefits on the basis of his autism.…