A young Texas couple was doing well until 18 months ago. Both husband and wife are in their 20s, and they have a son who celebrated his first birthday in June.However, it was on the day that their child was born that the husband noticed he was not feeling well. He was...
The Social Security disability insurance program has recently been maligned in the media by television shows such as 60 Minutes. However, our Texas readership needs to keep in mind that there is another side to this SSDI story. Fact-checkers have apparently already...
Many people across the state of Texas are familiar with the former Vice President Dick Cheney and his battle with heart disease. Because he has been in the public eye for so many years, the nation has become more aware of a very serious condition that kills about...
Suffering a spinal cord injury can be a life-changing event. Some of our readers know this firsthand, while others have only heard stories about such tragedies happening to people across the nation. The reason spinal cord injuries are so life changing is because they...
Recently, roughly a dozen states began receiving grant money designed to wean children with disabilities off of Supplemental Security Income by the time they reach adulthood. The money is linked to a program established by the Social Security Administration and the...
Getting hurt on the job is a concern among a lot of people here in Texas because it’s fraught with a lot of unknowns. Will your injury prevent you from going back to work? How long will you remain injured? Is it temporary or permanent? If you’re forced out of work,...
Prior to the government shutdown, the Social Security Administration announced that it was putting into effect a contingency plan that would create a buffer between the loss in federal funding and beneficiaries receiving SSD and SSI payments. But while the explanation...
Most people, when they trip or lose their footing, they hardly think about how their body reacts to this change in balance. But it’s something scientists and researchers across the nation have been considering lately and they believe they may have discovered a way to...
Over the last several months, there has been a lot of talk about the delays in benefit administration for injured and disabled military veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs currently has a very large backlog of disability claims, which has left many vets...
A surprising class-action lawsuit out of California this month may have peaked the interest of some people here in Texas as well, especially those who may be immigrants filing for Social Security disability benefits and may need an interpreter to do so. According to...