I think its a long shot but?
Sorry I know its long but please try to answer as much as you can!!!! My 4 yr old daughter has a speech impediment, gross motor and fine motor skills delays. She goes to a special learning center half days 4 times a week. Where she sees a speech therapist, Physical Therapist, and an Occupational therapist. The physical Therapist Has suggested that My daughter get Orthopedic Shoe inserts with small brasses because she has Val Gus knees and flat feet. Other then these things She has severer seasonal asthma. I attend College, I'm a single mom I work but money is tight. Our income is less then 800 a month. But the state child support (her dad doesn't pay but that's another situation) prosecuting attorney recommended that I try to get My daughter on SS disability. She says if I apply and don't get it then I can get an attorney that will only charge me if he wins even then he only takes a one time portion of the disability. So I have nothing to loose and she gave me a name of an attorney friend of hers who deals with SS. I called the SS office and they made an appointment with me for an interview plus sent me out paper work in the mail. She told me to bring my daughter's birth certificate, my license, a copy of her IEP, and a note from her doctor saying that she has read the IEP and she is aware of my daughter's disability. I went to SS and Applied earlier this week. I heard it is actually harder for a person to win a child disability Claim then an adult. Is this true? How can I help speed up the process and improve her chances of getting SSI? Since I already have a name of an attorney should I go ahead and call him tell him I applied for her and she if there is anything that he can do to better my chances or to alert him that I am aware that I may not win the claim but would like for him to help me fight in court if it comes to that? Is there anyone else out there who has applied for SS disability for their child? What do you think the chances are of getting this benefit for her?
Answer by Jan
You will be receiving SSI for your daughter,not actual disability from Social Security. SSI is given to disabled people that did not pay enough into SS to qualify for regular disability. SSI also goes by your income,meaning that if you have alot of income,you will not qualify. With you making only $ 800 a month,that should qualify you in that aspect.
Disability is usually a long drawn out process. Almost everyone is turned down the first time you apply. Since you already sent the papers in,do not contact the lawyer unless you are turned down. If you call them before you get the decision,you are in fact hiring them and will owe them money. If you get turned down,then contact them and hire them to help you. There really is no way to speed up the process,you are dealing with the government who takes their own sweet time with everything. Whether your daughter qualifies for this is up to SS and if they actually consider your daughter disabled. It sounds like she should qualify,but I'm not the one making the decision.
I am also on disability. My case took two years till I was finally approved. Some people get it quicker and some have waited far longer than I did. It is all a waiting game. Don't get frustrated,if you get turned down,appeal the decision with the lawyers help.
Good luck to you and your daughter. She deserves the benefits,so fight for them.
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