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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>My suggestion to you is to call your center for independent living, or maybe your center for the blind and see if you can speak with a work incentive coordinator. They are benefits counselors that can look at your case and give you the inns and outs of of SSI and SSDI.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Justin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Job-Discussions [mailto:job-discussions-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>ajharmon26 via Job-Discussions<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 6, 2021 10:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> Job-discussions@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> ajharmon26 <ajharmon26@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Job-Discussions] Pros and Cons of SSDI?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Potentially unpopular opinion which would like counter-facts please: SSDI takes too much work to get on to and is far too easy to lose. Ergo, is it really desirable to be on SSDI? On paper it seems not. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would be especially interested in knowing what happens if you get onto SSDI, and then either lose the job that allowed you to activate SSDI, or if one is a gig worker who has their season end? What happens to the SSDI per the rules?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks in advance<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Andrew Harmon<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>