If you live with a disability, you can receive either SSI or SSDI, though these benefit programs have slightly different qualification criteria. If you’re on SSDI, you can also be eligible for ...

Find out how much you can collect if you can no longer work due to medical problems, and whether disability pay is better than social security payments.

The benefits provide important economic support for older people who cannot work. The White House recently halted changes to ...

SSI and SSDI are Social Security benefits for people with disabilities based on different eligibility requirements. SSDI recipients also qualify for Medicare, while SSI recipients may qualify for ...

The “Ticket to Work” program is just one of the many work incentive provisions built into the Social Security disability programs. andresr / Getty Images Q: I am 57 years old and getting Social ...

The Social Security Administration has added 13 new diseases and conditions to its list of disabilities, which earn those suffering serious medical issues a faster benefits application process. Those ...

SSI is a federal welfare program that really has nothing to do with Social Security, other than the fact that it is managed by the Social Security Administration. Juanmonino / Getty Images I can tell ...

SSI payments arrive on Dec. 1 and Dec. 31 because of a Social Security calendar rule. Also, another round of disability ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the intersection of disability and the U.S. workforce. Technology has opened new doors for Americans with disabilities, ...

But the disability program is under mounting strain, the New York Times reported on Saturday. Applicants already face long ...