Helping People With Disabilities Nationwide
According to the CDC, 23% of all adults in the United States have arthritis. It is the leading cause of disability preventing Americans from working. Inflammatory arthritis is a group of diseases characterized by inflammatory of the joints and often other tissues...
A somatic symptom disorder (formerly known as "somatoform disorder") is a mental illness characterized by the manifestation of physical symptoms such as pain, weakness, pseudoseizures, sensory abnormalities, or gastrointestinal issues. These physical symptoms are...
Arthritis can lead to significant pain and the loss of mobility. No matter what industry you work in, that's nothing you want to take lightly. It can make it nearly impossible to do your job.It's also very common. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) occurs when the venous wall and/or valves in the leg veins are not working effectively, making it difficult for blood to return to the heart from the legs. CVI causes blood to "pool" or collect in these veins. This pooling is called...
There are a hundred different ways or more that people deal with their stress and anxiety. Some meditate. Some take up yoga or martial arts. Some people just unwind with Netflix over the weekend before they face another week full of responsibilities and decisions....
There are a lot of complex issues in disability law, especially to people to have never had to deal with a federal agency before.But one of the most continually confusing things for claimants is that there are actually two types disability programs: Social Security...
Let's do some math! Currently, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. At 40 hours per week, full time employment under the federal minimum rate equates to $290 per week, or $15,080 per year. Although some states, cities, and counties have a higher minimum wage...
Military veterans are all those who served, even if they served very recently in modern wars. Throw out the stereotypes about aging veterans from World War II. While many vets do fall into these older age groups, it's problematic that they are what people think of...
Disability hearings can be extremely intimidating, especially if you've never been to court before.And unlike some proceedings, there's not much your attorney can do for you once the questioning starts (though we are allowed to ask more helpful questions after the...
According to the most current research, there are about 13 different types of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome -- because the illness is produced by a set of variant genetic markers that aren't totally consistent.You're either born with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or you're not --...
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