Applying for Social Security Disability- A How to Guide

A how to guide on applying for Social Security Disability Insurance. Information that is not provided on the social security website. Keys to applying for the best chance of approval.

Adventures in applying

Applying for social security disability (SSDI and SSI), and getting it the first time is like acing your SAT, MCAT, and LSAT at the same time. It isnt impossible, but it is considered pretty rare. Well I was one of those lucky people who was able to get it on the first time. So I am ready to impart my wisdom.

There isn't any special handshake, or magical words that can get you approved, it is all about being, organized, doing your homework and creating an application that is clear and complete.

Tips on Living with a Chronic Illness

Living with a chronic illness can be challenging. Here are some tips on how to make living with an illness easier.

Living with a chronic illness can be very challenging, especially if you are symptomatic. Many chronic illness are invisible to the ones around us, which make having the illness even that much harder to deal with

So what is a chronic illness? A Chronic illness is a condition or disease that is constantly symptomatic, and or one that will last for a long time, usually until death. In order to be classified as chronic however, one must have the condition or disease for at least 3 months.

On a typical day, we wake up, get out of bed, take a shower, get dressed and head off to work, without even thinking about it. Most people don't need to navigate through their day, and decide what needs to be done, from what one would want to do.

A chronically ill persons wakes up with only a certain amount of energy each day, and they need to carefully decide what they need to do each day to be able to get to the end of the day. To better understand this concept I strongly recommend that you read The Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino who helped her friend understand what it was to have a chronic illness with a bunch of spoons.

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