Nolo's guide to social security disability : getting & keeping your benefits
(Book)

Includes appendices and index.

"This comprehensive and compassionate book covers both SSDI and SSI, shows you how to prove a disability, and explains how your age, education, and work experience affect your chances. Parents will find special information about benefits available to children with a disability. Learn how to: find the disability criteria for your medical condition; prove the severity of your disability; appeal if you're denied benefits; work part time while keeping your benefits; prepare for a Continuing Disability Review; and more. Plus, this book is packed with filled-in samples of all the forms you'll need, including the SSDI and SSI disability applications. This edition covers recent major changes, including: updated disability listings for over 65 medical conditions; new rules concerning hearings and evidence; and changes in how Social Security considers evidence from treating doctors and other medical providers." --Back cover.