Lil
Well-Known Member
Ok, it's no fortune, but if SSDI assumes you CAN'T work AT ALL, how come you are allowed to have a job????
That's a good question and I don't know the answer. I know that if you are working at all when you apply, they'll turn you down. I know that you get to work for a period of time, I think 9 months, earning whatever (full-time employment) and they let you draw...it's an attempt to get off SSDI and if you fail you don't have the issue of having to reapply. Why they allow part-time and if they allow it all the time, I don't know. But they do allow you to supplement with part-time employment, that's true. I think there's a time limit for even that without a break.
When my son was young my neighbor and friend babysat. She drew SSDI. She watched him after school was all. After a year or so they told her they were going to stop her SSDI because she'd worked more than 9 months - even though she was making a whopping $80 a week watching a kid for just a few hours a day. We ended up changing to her daughter who was 5 years older than my son being my "sitter". Yeah, it was shady of me, but come-on! Saying she could go back to work under those circumstances? Nuts.