Over half of Americans have received their stimulus payment issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, millions are still waiting for their payment. Payments have not yet been issued to Americans that do not file taxes. This includes recipients of...
If you are living with a disability, whether this is a new development in your life or something you have been living with for some time, you should know that you are not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about 25% of Americans,...
At least once a month or so, a client will ask me if for, whatever reason, they can do their disability hearing over the phone.And I've always said that we can request it if they really want, but the judge is very likely to deny it.Then the novel coronavirus hit the...
In the heat of their military service, soldiers may not spend all that much time thinking about the purity of the air that they're breathing. When they finish serving and move on with their lives, though, that air could become quite important. If it was contaminated...
There is a lot of misinformation out there regarding whether you can choose your own doctor after a work injury. Sometimes, your employer may try to bend the truth to get you to see a doctor of their choosing. Others will flat out lie to you that you are not allowed...
As the nation considers lifting some of the restrictions on daily life in the face of an unprecedented pandemic, we're all going to have to start figuring out how to deal with impact of the novel coronavirus on our daily lives.While infection rates are still...
There are currently more than 8 million Americans that receive Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits. Many of those recipients suffer from such serious health issues that they have little to no chance of ever seeing their benefits come to an end. Others will...
When veterans come back from time serving their country, they have to readjust to civilian life. This is often very difficult. Even the things that they have looked forward to may not go as well as they wish. For instance, maybe they missed their family every day...
Memory and cognitive impairments can affect a person's mental health including their behaviors such as how they feel, think or act. A person suffering from a condition such as this may experience shifts in their ability to remember things from one moment to the next....
Individuals experiencing disabilities and chronic health problems may be at an increased risk due to the COVID-19 virus.According to the CDC, early information shows that some people are at a high risk of getting very sick from COVID-19 (also known as the...