[Blindtlk] Social security benefits--I answered my own question

[Sherri]

Thought some of you might be interested in the following.

People getting Social Security disability benefits can continue to receive 
their benefits when they work as long as their earnings are not more than an 
amount set by law.

If you're receiving Social Security disability benefits and you're blind, 
you can earn as much as $1,820 a month in 2015. This is higher than the 
earnings limit of $1,090 month that applies to disabled workers who aren't 
blind. The earnings limits usually change each year.

Additionally, if you're blind and self-employed, we don't evaluate the time 
you spend working in your business as we do for people who aren't blind. 
This means you can be doing a lot of work for your business, but still 
receive disability benefits, as long as your net profit averages $1,820 or 
less a month in 2015.

Work figured differently after age 55

If you are age 55 or older, and blind, we use determination rules about work 
for you that are different from the rules we use for people who aren't 
blind. After age 55, even if your earnings exceed $1,820 month in 2015, 
benefits are only suspended, not terminated, if the work you're doing 
requires a lower level of skill and ability than what you did before you 
reached 55. We'll pay you disability benefits for any month your earnings 
fall below this limit.

Different work incentives apply to people getting SSI.

For more information about all the work incentives for people who receive 
either Social Security disability or SSI disability, contact us and ask for 
Working While Disabled- How We Can Help (Publication No. 05-10095). This 
booklet is also available in Braille and other formats.



Sherri Brun
NFBF Newsline Chair
flmom2006 at gmail.com
President,
NFB Central Florida Chapter

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