There are many people in Atlanta born with cerebral palsy each year, but what many people don't think about is that there is a chance that these children will never be able to work when they are older. That is not to say that some of them won't be able to find jobs or...
Defending And Empowering The Disabled Since 1993
Month: September 2013
Government wrongfully gave disability benefits to 36,000 people
In a move that has caused Senator Tom Coburn, the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, to question whether the Social Security Administration is doing enough to monitor its disability benefits payments, the federal Government...
Disability appeal? Expect a 4- to 5-year wait
This blog has previously talked about the veterans' disability backlog which the Department of Veterans Affairs has been working hard to reduce, but that backlog is only one part of the wait that some veterans must endure before getting their benefits. If a Valdosta...
Dialysis patients caught in the middle of funding debate
It is a vote that many people in Rome may have missed, but earlier this year Congress voted to reduce funding to dialysis clinics across the country. For dialysis patients, however, the vote marked a huge decrease in funds for the clinics that they need to clean their...