[Blindtlk] Question about SSI

[Sami Osborne]

Hi Jude,

That's very interesting.  I have a very different eye condition 
from you called Retinal Displasia.  I got it while I was born 
though so hasn't been added to my birth certificate and guess it 
would be too hard to change it.  Very interesting, though.

Sami

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Jude DaShiell via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
To: Sami Osborne via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 16 May 2016 08:35:49 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Question about SSI

You can't apply for S.S.I.  online, that's an interview in the 
Social
Security Office and why the office waits any amount of time to 
set this
appointment up is beyond me.  When I was born, a note to the 
effect of
permanent blindness got attached to my social security number and 
I'm
wondering why S.S.A.  doesn't trust its own records in your case 
if such
a note or similar note got attached to your social security 
record.  I
suggest you discuss this problem with staff at your blindness 
training
center since I think what will happen is you will be provided 
door to
door transportation to and from that appointment.

On Mon, 16 May 2016, Sami Osborne via blindtlk wrote:

 Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 08:15:57
 From: Sami Osborne via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
 To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org, blindtlk at nfbnet.org
 Cc: Sami Osborne <ligne14 at verizon.net
 Subject: [Blindtlk] Question about SSI

 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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