Re: filing SSI for a child with CMT

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Disabled Children under 18 years old

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/kids/parent6.htm

Social Security makes payment under the SSI program to disabled

children under 18 whose families have little income and resources.

SSI payments are based on need rather than prior work and may be paid

to children regardless whether a parent is retired, disabled, or has

died. These benefits also continue as long as the child is disabled

and has little income or resources.

A child under 18 is considered disabled if his or her physical or

mental condition is so severe that it results in marked and severe

functional limitations. The condition must last or be expected to

last at least 12 months or be expected to result in the child's

death. And of course, the child must not be working at a job that we

consider to be substantial work.

Useful URLs

Benefits for Children with Disabilities (Publication No. 05-10026)

SSI booklet (Publication No. 05-11000)

Youth With Disabilities.

Social Security has a toll-free number that operates from 7a.m. to

7p.m., Monday to Friday: 1-800-772-1213 If you have a touch-tone

phone, recorded information and services are available 24 hours a

day, including weekends and holidays. People who are deaf or hard of

hearing may call our toll-free " TTY " number, 1-800-325-0778, between

7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Monday through Friday. Please have your Social

Security number handy when you call us.