Children’s Social Security Disability Cases are also called Children’s SSI cases.
If your family makes to much money, the child’s case can be denied even if they qualify medically.
Children usually do not work, of course, so Social Security looks at ability to function in a different way than it does adults.
Social Security examines 3 areas of physical limitations and 3 areas of emotional or mental functioning.
Social Security compares the child’s ability to function to his or her peers. However, just because a child is in Special Education does not mean they are disabled according to Social Security.
You must show severe limitations in performing school work or functioning socially, or severe limitations in physical health or taking care of oneself.
If medications help control the child’s condition, then the child is not necessarily disabled.
The child will need consistent medical care to prove a SSI case. This can be from a medical doctor, counselor, or a psychiatrist or a psychologist.
Questions about Children’s SSI? Feel free to contact Illinois Social Security Disability Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.