Nearly 7.5 million people were to get a New Year’s Eve payment yesterday, as the Social Security Administration began its ...

The overall award rate for Social Security disability benefits was at a near-record low of 31 percent in 2023.

The benefits provide important economic support for older people who cannot work. The White House recently halted changes to the program that had worried some experts. By Mark Miller Many older ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. True Tamplin is on a mission to bring financial literacy into schools. Disability income replaces a portion of lost wages when an ...

OCD can interfere with daily life in ways that may qualify it as a disability under Social Security rules. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be considered a disability, depending on its severity ...

WASHINGTON – Disability rights groups fear a death penalty case before the Supreme Court could have implications for the intellectually disabled far beyond the criminal context. The justices are ...

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Tom Hanks, playing Jim Lovell in Apollo 13, used this modified version of the astronaut's famous quote, "Houston, we have a problem!" I wonder if these words have been spoken at the Office of ...

Social Security typically pays benefits on Wednesdays. The first wave of payments will be sent on the second Wednesday of the month, Jan. 14, 2026, with subsequent payments going out on the third (Jan ...

Disability Law Colorado has spent years urging the United States Department of Justice to look into the state’s corrections system. That wish was finally granted on December 8, when the DOJ announced ...

A Calgary woman says she is unable to apply for the federal disability tax credit because she can’t afford her doctor’s fee for filling out the application. Karrie Payne, 55, has been on disability ...