Re: social security benefits

[Guest guest]

You need to download the paperwork on the website in order to begin the process. The paperwork just tells you what you need to provide the gov't with in order to get the SSI for your son. Call SSI and make an appointment about a month after your son turns 18 (they won't take you before). You go in for an interview with all your paperwork. You need to tell them that your son will be paying rent to you so they know you are not paying for his living expenses. It usually takes a few months. You need to open up a guardianship account so that SSI can deposit directly into that account his checks.

Our son (with autism) turns 18 in December. Does anyone know how to apply for Social Security benefits for him as an adult? We found the website confusing. Thanks for the help,Judy

[Guest guest]

Just got it for my 19 year old

We had to apply for medicare--even though we knew he would be turned

down because he has not had a sufficient work history of his own, and

we are not old enough for him to qualify on our work history--you have

to be medicare age for the kid to use your work history.

Simultaneously, we applied for SSI.

I suggest you get copies of his medical records going back several

years. This includes specialists, therapists, test results--

everybody. We also got letters from his doctors and therapists saying

how functional he was now, and what they projected for the future as

far as possible recovery and whether they felt he could ever get, or

if he got one, hold, a job. Many of our Aspie kids can get a job, but

the day to day getting work done on time, following orders, respecting

authority, forget it. Remember to include co-morbidities.

You will fill out an online application (faster than paper--they told

me they look at online ones first). They will ask functional

questions, and they will ask for every doctor he has ever seen and

every test he has ever had. They date the benefits (if you get them)

from when you complete the application online. You can be his

designated payee. This means that if his doctors feel he cannot

handle the money himself, they pay it to you in his name. This

requires a doctor's letter. They will also contact the doctors and

ask them to fill out paperwork.

I finished the application in March, they provisionally approved him

in June, started paying in July and gave us backpay in August along

with the final approval. He got SSI and MediCal (Medicaid). I

expected to be turned down and have to reapply, but apparently I had

so much info with so many specialists, that we had no problem getting

it the first time we applied. Be careful when you search for sites.

Many sites that offer to " help " are looking for your money when you

can easily fill the app out yourself. It is lengthy and time

consuming, but nothing any parent couldn't fill out with the records.

The only part that might give you a problem is what the test results

showed, and you can ask his docs to help you with that, or you could

ask here. I will help with that if you need. Good luck.

http://www.ssa.gov/applyfordisability/?h

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> Our son (with autism) turns 18 in December. Does anyone know how to

> apply for Social Security benefits for him as an adult? We found

> the website confusing.

> Thanks for the help,

> Judy

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[Guest guest]

Call Dec 1 or after, 1 - Social Security will make an appointment for you on the phone.

They will then call you at the appointment time and take your application on the phone. You will then have

to prove the disability. A pretty simple procedure. We just did it. Hope this helps. Marie

To: sList Sent: Sun, September 26, 2010 5:53:07 PMSubject: social security benefits

Our son (with autism) turns 18 in December. Does anyone know how to apply for Social Security benefits for him as an adult? We found the website confusing. Thanks for the help,Judy

[Guest guest]

Thank you for the help!

Subject: Re: social security benefitsTo: sList Date: Monday, September 27, 2010, 6:33 AM

Call Dec 1 or after, 1 - Social Security will make an appointment for you on the phone.

They will then call you at the appointment time and take your application on the phone. You will then have

to prove the disability. A pretty simple procedure. We just did it. Hope this helps. Marie

To: sList Sent: Sun, September 26, 2010 5:53:07 PMSubject: social security benefits

Our son (with autism) turns 18 in December. Does anyone know how to apply for Social Security benefits for him as an adult? We found the website confusing. Thanks for the help,Judy

[Guest guest]

A couple of things that our support coordinator told us helped us with a few of

the finer details.

When telling them that he pays room and board - don't say he contributes or

gives a percentage - say he will be charged $500.00 for room and board. If you

say that he is going to pay his " share " of expenses or something like that -

they will make you bring your household bills to calculate out his percentage or

share. It saved us a lot of time to simply say he was paying room and board.

As for the check payee - I don't have formal guardianship of my son yet (soon),

so I signed a form indicating that I was responsible for him and for the

distribution of any funds he receives. The check comes in both my name and his.

So, he just signs the back and I cash it against the family account.

they do have direct deposit of the check available, but I wanted to be cautious

about that because if it appears that my son has anything over 1,000, they can

cut his benefits. I didn't want to chance it that our family account has a

higher balance, and if his check gets direct deposited into our account, they

are going to say my son has access to an account that has over the limit funds.

So I don't do that, but will be opening an account for him soon at our bank

where it will go.

As for the paperwork - I filled out the application on-line, and sent letters to

all his doctors asking them for his medical records for SSI application

purposes. I collected them all in a nice indexed 3-ring notebook along with

his occasionally epic IEPs, with the psychologists notes with yellow tabs on

them. I had a copy and I made a full copy for the SSI folks. I just handed it

to them. We were approved fairly quickly as the process goes.

masterspowell

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> You need to download the paperwork on the website in order to begin the

> process. The paperwork just tells you what you need to provide the gov't with

> in order to get the SSI for your son. Call SSI and make an appointment

> about a month after your son turns 18 (they won't take you before). You go in

> for an interview with all your paperwork. You need to tell them that your

> son will be paying rent to you so they know you are not paying for his living

> expenses. It usually takes a few months. You need to open up a

> guardianship account so that SSI can deposit directly into that account his

checks.

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> In a message dated 9/26/2010 10:56:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> kermit64@... writes:

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> Our son (with autism) turns 18 in December. Does anyone know how to apply

> for Social Security benefits for him as an adult? We found the website

> confusing.

> Thanks for the help,

> Judy

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