[Blindtlk] Question about SSI

Tue May 17 00:31:50 UTC 2016

That's a good point, Mark.  My mom told me that it didn't seem to 
her that the person she spoke to didn't seem to know much about 
SSI.  What's even
more ironic and disturbing to me is that this woman that she 
spoke to is the same one who we spoke to during my last in-person 
appointment six months ago.  It seemed to me that she did a very 
accurate job of explaining everything about SSI to us.  So now I 
have no idea why she would suddenly contact us again six months 
later and say, "We need proof of your blindness" when the 
documentation is very clear as someone pointed out.

Anyway, thanks Mark and everyone for all your comments and 
suggestions.

Thanks again,

Sami
 ----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Tardif via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 16 May 2016 17:10:56 -0400
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Question about SSI

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.
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From: Ericka via blindtlk
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 12:16 PM
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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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