The Social Security Administration announced a major operational shift on Thursday that will fundamentally change how ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced upcoming changes to one of the ways they decide if someone gets ...

There cannot be a good disability determination process without considering equity. It is dangerous, in some ways, to marginalize equity issues as something separate as opposed to being integral to ...

The medical model of disability locates the problem of disability at the person, and it operates in the context of disease, disorders, and impairments. The social model of disability understands ...

The Social Security Administration announced it will centralize medical Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) to improve ...

The age and vocational factors come into play in determining whether or not an individual who can no longer perform their past work is able to adjust to other work. However, ability to adjust to work ...

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 ...