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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Shelly,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Here is an article I wrote last year and market tested with the students in BLIND, Inc. personal management classes. I think it may help you and others. Pass it on if you want.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Dick Davis </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </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 <<a href="mailto:job-discussions-bounces@nfbnet.org">job-discussions-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shelly Kane via Job-Discussions<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 7, 2021 4:30 AM<br><b>To:</b> ajharmon26 via Job-Discussions <<a href="mailto:job-discussions@nfbnet.org">job-discussions@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Shelly Kane <<a href="mailto:shellykane323@gmail.com">shellykane323@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Job-Discussions] Pros and Cons of SSDI?</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p>Andrew:</p><p> </p><p>As far as I know, you can work on SSDI. It's SSI that is very strict. If you have straight medicaid, you can't work. You can't have any money when you have just Medicaid. I am not on SSDI and it's much better than SSI because I have Medicare. There is limitations with working when you are on SSDI. You should call your social security office or the 800 number and ask them how many hours you can work. I think it has to be part-time. You also fill out a blind work expense report every so often and that takes more money off that you can earn. You can use it for transportation, medicine, food, clothing, if you have a service animal, etc. My friend has done this and your benefits aren't taken away. Hope this helps.</p><p>Shelly</p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 2/6/2021 8:48 PM, ajharmon26 via Job-Discussions wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><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. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </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?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks in advance</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Andrew Harmon</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br></p><pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>Job-Discussions mailing list</pre><pre><a href="mailto:Job-Discussions@nfbnet.org">Job-Discussions@nfbnet.org</a></pre><pre><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/job-discussions_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/job-discussions_nfbnet.org</a></pre><pre>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Job-Discussions:</pre><pre><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/job-discussions_nfbnet.org/shellykane323%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/job-discussions_nfbnet.org/shellykane323%40gmail.com</a></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>