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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 531338" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Lisa, how blind is he? Blindness is an automatic disability.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10052.html#a0=0" target="_blank">http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10052.html#a0=0</a></p><p></p><p>As far as the questions about cooking, for example? Be ultra-specific. "He can (or can't) make toast." "He can not boil water because he forgets that the pan is on the stove." Like Janet said, worst day only. He may make a great bowl of Top-Ramen 9 times out of 10. It's that 10th time that he burns the house down that's a problem.</p><p></p><p>With his eyesight, I'd be surprised if he gets turned down, but <em>if he does</em> go immediately to a disability lawyer. By law they are only allowed to charge 33% of the first check. The sooner they get it settled, the sooner they get their money. And it behooves them to make sure that benefits go back to the first day that Travis is eligible, which I would imagine would be his 18th birthday. Now, 33% may seem like a lot of money, but when you consider that you <em>may</em> get a check next month instead of waiting years for them to hash this out and give you the runaround? It's worth twice that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 531338, member: 99"] Lisa, how blind is he? Blindness is an automatic disability. [URL]http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10052.html#a0=0[/URL] As far as the questions about cooking, for example? Be ultra-specific. "He can (or can't) make toast." "He can not boil water because he forgets that the pan is on the stove." Like Janet said, worst day only. He may make a great bowl of Top-Ramen 9 times out of 10. It's that 10th time that he burns the house down that's a problem. With his eyesight, I'd be surprised if he gets turned down, but [I]if he does[/I] go immediately to a disability lawyer. By law they are only allowed to charge 33% of the first check. The sooner they get it settled, the sooner they get their money. And it behooves them to make sure that benefits go back to the first day that Travis is eligible, which I would imagine would be his 18th birthday. Now, 33% may seem like a lot of money, but when you consider that you [I]may[/I] get a check next month instead of waiting years for them to hash this out and give you the runaround? It's worth twice that. [/QUOTE]
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