MILWAUKEE - They can’t work, have little money to fall back on, and are waiting months for the approval of claims that could put a roof over their heads. The delays are impacting some of Wisconsin’s ...

Is an intellectual disability a condition, or a number on an IQ test? Here's why an Alabama death penalty case at the Supreme Court is worrying advocates.

SSA Commissioner Martin O’Malley sat down with Nextgov/FCW recently to talk through the agency’s biggest challenges, including how it delivers disability assistance. SSA Workforce Budget Customer ...

The Social Security disability decision process has nonmedical and medical parts. Nonmedical decisions are made by local SSA personnel. A main nonmedical issue is determining if a person has enough ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The Social Security Administration has proposed to allow disability examiners in state agencies to make temporary "fully favorable" determinations on certain claims for disability ...

RICHMOND, Va. — For the past year, Lowrine Ford's pain has only gotten worse. "It's hard. I'm in pain all the time," she said. "I sleep about three hours a night because I'm hurting all the time. My ...

Panelists discuss how emerging biomarkers like neurofilament light protein, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), cervical cord atrophy, and phase rim lesions could enable earlier identification of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against two veterans who argued that their disability claims were unfairly denied because they did not receive favorable decisions when the evidence presented in their ...

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision chips away at disability rights, advocates say, by making it harder to bring claims under some of the nation’s anti-discrimination laws. The high court ruled late ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...