[Blindtlk] Question about SSI

[Mark Tardif]

Oh that teacher-hating, union-hating Walker character, yes.  Our governor 
LaPage is just as bad.  In fact, he is the fifth least popular governor in 
the country, according to some polls, and with good reason, too.  Anyway, 
this does sound a bit strange and it makes me wonder if the worker your mom 
talked with knew what they were doing.  I do remember when I first applied 
for SSI way back in 1976 having to appear at the local office, but not so 
that they could have proof of my blindness, just so we could get the 
application done more easily.  As people have said here, documentation from 
my doctor took care of the blindness issue.  It also sounds strange that 6 
months after you were supposedly approved, suddenly you have to show up to 
prove your blindness.  Sorry, that doesn't sound right at all.



Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Ericka via blindtlk
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 12:16 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Cc: Ericka ; nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Question about SSI

Something seems weird. I've never heard of this. Then again, Wisconsin isn't 
the same state when I was applying 20 years ago. Perhaps we do this now with 
the idiot governor we have.

Ericka Short
"What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."

from my iPhone

> On May 16, 2016, at 7:15 AM, Sami Osborne via blindtlk 
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having a rather frustrating issue with Social Security here in NY, who 
> are providing me my SSI benefits.  A few weeks ago, I received a letter in 
> the mail from Social Security telling me that I need to show up in person 
> at their office because they wanted to prove that I'm actually blind even 
> though I provided them with all the documentation and was approved almost 
> six months ago.  What bothers me is that as I said, they asked me to show 
> up in person at their office.  My mom thought that we could just talk to 
> them on the phone, and she called and spoke with them (I couldn't because 
> I'm at my blindness training center for the week and only go home on 
> weekends).  My mom said that she even spoke with them two or three times. 
> The first time they said that they would call me personally at home to set 
> up the appointment for showing up in person, but obviously I wouldn't have 
> been able to speak with them since I'm not home during the week.  My mom 
> gave them my cell phone number, but they haven't called me that way 
> either.  This is a very frustrating issue in my opinion.  I have asked 
> other friends of mine at the training center that I'm at if they had to 
> show up at their Social Security office six months after they were 
> approved for SSI benefits, and they said no.  My mom thinks that it 
> depends on the state, and that the reason they do that is probably because 
> they want to make sure that you're not cheating in getting SSI (by the 
> way, the people at the training center that I'm at come from all over the 
> country).
>
> So I'd like to know if you guys have gone through a similar experience, 
> and if so, have you had to show up in person at the office or just talk 
> with them on the phone?
>
> Hope to hear from you soon, and for those of you who just finished with 
> college, I hope you're enjoying the end as your semester!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sami
>
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