Does anyone know of financial help for children with asperger's?

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People have told me I should be able to get financial help for my son

because he has a disability. I was just wondering if anyone knew if

this was true. I don't know who I would contact to find out if this is

true. Some people have said my son should be able to collect social

security? Does anyone have any answers?

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If your son is still a child and living with you. for you to collect social security (SSI) for him, you would have to prove your house hold income. If you make very little income and you are in their income budget, you can apply. It's not easy and they usually turn everyone down the first time applying. You would need to appeal and apply again. you can call to find out what the gross income is for your family size to see if you can apply. If the child is over 18, I'm not sure how that works if the child is living with you. Rose cajabra <cajabra@...> wrote: People have told me I should be able to get financial help for my son because he has a disability. I was just wondering if anyone knew if this was true. I don't know who I would contact to find out if this is true. Some people have said my son should be able to collect social security? Does anyone have any answers?

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In a blog on disability applications in TN: " The actual statistics

are as follows: In 2003, Tennessee denied 74.3% of all initial

applications for disability. 92.1% of all first appeals in Tennessee

were likewise denied. " I would say, from the people I know, this is

absolutely true.

There is a web site: www.disabilitysecrets.com that has some good

information about applying, it is a lawyers site, but as you can see

from above, in TN that is the only way to get it!

Every state is different, but TN is one of the worst. If your adult

child cannot get SSI disabiity, there is nothing, nada, zero in the

way of services for autism and related disorders. Legistlation

passed a resolution several years ago to fund and provide some

services, but not one dollar has been appropriated for it, yet,

years later!

If your are MR diagnosis, those parents have been better organized

and more vocal and there are some $$ for it. However, there is also

a waiting list of over 6,000 people to get these few services,

unless you are in danger of dying without services.

My point of this very negative perspective: Get involved with the

legislators at your state level, study the proposed presidential

candidates. Kick, yell and scream and then listen to them tell you

what a bad budget year it is, blah, blah, blah!

Good luck, I hope you can get SSI for your son.

Sue

> cajabra <cajabra@...> wrote:

> People have told me I should be able to get financial

help for my son

> because he has a disability. I was just wondering if anyone knew

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> this was true. I don't know who I would contact to find out if

this is

> true. Some people have said my son should be able to collect

social

> security? Does anyone have any answers?

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