[nabs-l] Question about SSI

[STOMBERG, KENNEDY]

 Hello.

I have never hSocial go to SocialSECURITY in person to prove that I am
blind, though, of course they do require some proof.

Quite frankly, i think  it's sily that they're making you do this, and it
might be illegal. You may want to look into whether they can actually do
that. Just a dought.

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 7:29 AM, Joshua Hendrickson via nabs-l <
nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Sami.  I've never had to go to my Social security office to prove
> that I'm blind.  I did have to go once, to straighten out why my
> checks had stopped coming as direct deposit instead of via check, but
> I've never heard of such a thing.  Maybe the different socical
> security laws for SSI differ from state to state.  I'm not sure what
> you could do, but I know how frustrating that would be.  I'd call your
> social security office and talk to someone about the letter you
> received.
>
> On 5/16/16, Sami Osborne via nabs-l <nabs-l 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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