Social Security Disability and SSI Claims Based on Learning Disabilities The rule which directs how a claim for intellectual disability, learning disability, mental retardation, low IQ or special needs is called Social Security Listing 12.05.  The listing states that if a person has a valid IQ score of 59 or less, and also displays adaptive […]

The 5 Step Process: How Does Social Security Decide Whether I Am Disabled? Establishing Disability Applicants must be unable to perform substantial gainful activity, which is currently defined as an inability to earn $1,040 per month ($1740 for the blind). The law specifically requires that the applicants impairment must render him or her not just […]