[Blindtlk] Question about SSI

Mon May 16 21:20:37 UTC 2016

I will say one more thing about this and then I will shut up about this, 
because I know that it really doesn't belong on these lists.  A number of 
people are aware of my very left-wing political leanings.  But I will say 
that if these tea party governors get a chance, they will ignore federal law 
and try to get around it just to push their agenda.  I trust them about as 
far as I can see, LOL, and judging by some of the things LaPage has tried to 
pull, I trust him less then that.  Alright, Mark, enough!

Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Ericka via blindtlk
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 12:52 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Cc: Ericka
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Question about SSI

Well that may be technically true but it seems to make no difference that 
they are not abiding by the rehabilitation act here in Wisconsin. We're 
talking about the national rehabilitation act. There are ways around things. 
If the letter of the law was followed, everyone wanting to go to an outside 
training center wouldn't have to fight for years there is absolutely nothing 
in the state of Wisconsin even close to compare to an NFB  training center 
and everyone knows it but still totes they're useless options. Behind the 
scenes, we've already passed a resolution at state convention last year to 
start creating a similar training center. Who knows how many years I will 
take though. Politics here is as dirty as people complain about Illinois 
lately.

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

from my iPhone

> On May 16, 2016, at 11:30 AM, Jude DaShiell via blindtlk 
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> The Governor has absolutely nothing to do with how any program 
> administered by the Federal Government is run in Wisconsin.  That's all 
> done by Federal Officials.  I suspect that welfare reform act passed by 
> Bill Clinton put this requirement in on social security and s.s.i.  That 
> would put the change into effect probably shortly after you applied 20 
> years ago.
>
>> On Mon, 16 May 2016, Ericka via blindtlk wrote:
>>
>> Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 12:16:01
>> From: Ericka via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>, 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 num
> b
>> er, 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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