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 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Do parents of autistic children get disability SSI?

cinlewis
Posted: 16 Dec 2012, 12:36 pm 

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Once thing to remember is that how an AS child functions changes over time, but qualifying for something like SSI is relatively static. If a parent applies when the child is, say, non-verbal, and then the child advances and starts to talk, the qualification does not instantly disappear. Are you say...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Do parents of autistic children get disability SSI?

cinlewis
Posted: 16 Dec 2012, 11:37 am 

Replies: 37
Views: 19,023
I'm sorry if I've appeared judgemental. I realize this is a sensitive topic and this is my first attempt to get answers on the net. I didn't mean to ruffle any feathers but when I originally posted the question, everybody assumed I didn't spend enough time with the child to understand how her true b...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Do parents of autistic children get disability SSI?

cinlewis
Posted: 15 Dec 2012, 1:41 pm 

Replies: 37
Views: 19,023
I would seriously have a hard time resisting the urge to spit in your face and I am a calm, hard-to-provoke person. You clearly have no idea what it is like to care for someone on the spectrum, let alone what it is like to be someone on the spectrum. Ok I will clarify: this single mom is my girlfri...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Do parents of autistic children get disability SSI?

cinlewis
Posted: 14 Dec 2012, 11:20 am 

Replies: 37
Views: 19,023
I know a single mom who gets over $500/month social security disability because her 6 yr old daughter is autistic. She's high functioning and I've spent a lot of time with her and the only impact I see from her autism is that she rides a special short schoolbus to the public school which involves no...
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