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Archive for July, 2009

19 Years Under The Americans With Disabilities Act

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

This week marked the 19th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act by then President George H. W. Bush.

The act has brought about changes to public spaces and building that make them more accessable by persons with disabiling conditions. It also brought changes to laws that require employers to make accomodations for workers who have special needs due to a disability.

The law has brought many positive changes to those who have needed a little assistance to live their lives to full potential, and we are thankful that its benefits will continue for generations to come.

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Multiple Sclerosis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, potentially disabling disease that affects your central nervous system. Your central nervous system is made up of your brain and spinal cord. 

Multiple sclerosis is thought to be an autoimmune disease. Autoimmune diseases are those in which your immune system attacks parts of your body as if they are something foreign.

With multiple sclerosis, your body mistakenly sets white blood cells and antibodies against proteins in your myelin sheath. This is a fatty substance that insulates nerve fibers in your brain and spinal cord. This leads to injury and inflammation to your myelin sheath and ultimately to your nerves that it surrounds. This in turn may lead to multiple areas of scarring (sclerosis). Eventually, this damage can block or slow your nerve signals that control your strength, sensation, vision and muscle coordination.

Multiple sclerosis affects an estimated 300,000 people in the United States and probably more than 1 million people around the world. Women are twice as susceptible to multiple sclerosis as men. Most people experience their first signs or symptoms between the ages of 20 and 40.

Multiple sclerosis is unpredictable and varies in severity. Multiple sclerosis can range anywhere from being relatively mild and benign, to somewhat disabling, to devastating with permanent disability.

The effects that are caused by multiple sclerosis vary widely, depending on the location of your nerve fibers that are affected. Some of the ways that you may be affected are: 

  • Blurring of your vision or double vision
  • Pain or tingling in parts of your body
  • Dizziness
  • Electric-shock sensations that happen when you make certain head movements
  • Fatigue
  • An unsteady gait in your walking, tremor or lack of coordination
  • Weakness or numbness in one or more of your limbs
  • Partial or complete loss of vision.

 These effects may keep you or a loved one from working. Multiple sclerosis may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

If this is true, you or your loved one may need assistance. You may need financial help.

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by multiple sclerosis? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may plan on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you decide to do this, here is something that you need to think about.

You will need an established disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to represent you in what can prove to be a long and trying process. The reason this is true is because people who are represented by an experienced disability attorney are approved more often than people who do not have a lawyer. 

Do not wait. This may affect you or your loved one for the rest of your life. Contact the good disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Macular Degeneration and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Macular degeneration affects the macula. This is the part of your eye that allows your central vision. It does not hurt, but it causes cells in your macula to die.  As this deterioration or degeneration takes place, blurred central vision or a blind spot in the center of your visual field develops.

In some cases, this disease progresses so slowly that people notice little change in their vision. With other people, however, the disease advances faster and may lead to a loss of vision in both eyes.

Macular degeneration actually refers to a variety of eye diseases that affect your central vision. The most common eye disease is what is referred to as age-related macular degeneration.

There are 2 forms of age-related macular degeneration: dry and wet. The dry form of this disease is far more common than the wet.  About 85 to 90% of the cases of age-related macular degeneration are the dry form. The wet form, however, usually leads to more serious vision loss. In fact, the wet form is responsible for 90% of severe vision loss. The dry (atrophic) form involves a gradual blurring of your central vision. The wet (exudative or neovascular) form involves newly created abnormal blood vessels growing under the center of your macula.

Macular degeneration usually progresses painlessly and gradually. The effects of the wet form include:

§  A loss or decrease in your central vision
§  A central blurry spot
§  Visual distortions like straight lines appearing crooked or wavy, or objects appearing farther away or smaller than they should.

Effects of dry macular degeneration include:

  • Increasing blurriness of printed words
  • Difficulty recognizing faces
  • A need for increasingly bright light when you are doing close work or reading
  • A decrease in the intensity or brightness of colors
  • Increasing difficulty adapting to low levels of light
  • A gradual increase in the haziness of your overall vision
  • A blind or blurred spot in the center of your visual field combined with a large
  • drop in your visual acuity.

With either form of macular degeneration, one eye may see well for years while the other deteriorates. You may not notice much of a change because your good eye will compensate for the problem one.

Your lifestyle and vision are changed greatly when both of your eyes are affected. Some people experience hallucinations with macular degeneration.

You or a loved one may be disabled and in need of financial assistance because of the disability caused by macular degeneration. Have you applied and been denied by the Social Security Administration when you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits?

If you decide to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, always remember. People who are represented by a caring disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than those without a lawyer.

Do not wait. Contact the confident disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Mental Retardation and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration on behalf of your loved one because of the disability caused by mental retardation? Was your loved one denied? 

You may be thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration on behalf of your loved one. If you decide to do this, here is something that you need to think about. 

Your loved one will need to be represented by a knowledgeable disability attorney in what can prove to be a long and trying procedure. The reason why this is true is because people who are represented by a good disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than those people who do not have an attorney. 

Mental retardation is a term used for a pattern of persistently slow learning of basic motor and language skill (”milestones”) during childhood and a significantly below-normal global intellectual capacity as an adult. One common criterion for diagnosis of mental retardation is a tested intelligence quotient (IQ) of 70 or below and deficits in adaptive functioning. 

People with mental retardation may be described as having developmental disabilities, global developmental delay or learning difficulties. Developmental disabilities is a term used to describe life-long disabilities attributable to mental and/or physical, or a combination of mental and physical impairments that occur prior to age 22. Global developmental delay is a term used when a child does not reach certain skill development levels by the expected time period. These are referred to as developmental milestones.  Learning difficulties refer to a group of disorders that affect a broad range of academic and functional skills including the ability to speak, listen, read, write, spell, reason and organize information.

There are several signs and symptoms to watch for that may indicate that your loved one or your child with disability has mental retardation. For example, if your child with disability does not learn to sit up, crawl, walk or talk when other children are displaying these skills, this may be an indication of mental retardation. Other signs and symptoms of mental retardation are: 

  • Having trouble speaking
  • Having trouble understanding social rules
  • Having trouble solving problems
  • Finding it hard to remember things
  • Having trouble thinking logically
  • Having trouble discerning cause and effect
  • Persistence of infantile behavior. 

You may have a loved one who has mental retardation. This may be the cause of your loved one’s disability. It may be the reason why your loved one is unable to work. 

If this is the case, does your loved one need assistance? Does your loved one need financial help? 

Where will that financial assistance come from? Where will you get the financial help that your loved one needs? 

Contact the tough disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today. Do not put this off. This is something that may affect your loved one for the rest of their life.

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Graves’ Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Have you ever heard of Graves’ disease? It is the most common form of hyperthyroidism.  In fact, Graves’ disease is responsible for 50 to 60% of the 500,000 people a year who are diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in the United States.

Graves’ disease can occur at any age to either men or women. However, it is far more common with women than men, usually beginning after the age of 20.

Graves’ disease is a type of autoimmune disease that causes your thyroid gland to produce too much of the hormone thyroxine. An autoimmune disease is one in which your body’s immune system mistakenly attacks your own body. In the case of Graves’ disease, your immune system produces antibodies that stimulate your thyroid to produce too much thyroxine.

There are many ways in which Graves’ disease may affect you. Sometimes you can have this disorder without any signs or symptoms. These effects can occur slowly or come on suddenly. They are sometimes confused with other medical conditions. Some of the most common effects of Graves’ disease are:

  • Unintended weight loss
  • Frequent bowel movements
  • Trouble getting pregnant
  • Lighter menstrual flow
  • Muscular weakness
  • Hand tremors
  • Fatigue and weakness
  • Trouble sleeping
  • Irritability
  • Sensitivity to heat
  • Rapid heartbeat
  • Changes in how your eyes look or your vision.

Graves’ disease is the only type of hyperthyroidism that is associated with bulging of your eyes and the tissue around your eyes swelling. In rare cases, you may develop a reddish lumpy thickening of the skin in front of your shins called pretibial myxedema. This condition is usually painless.

Graves’ disease and/or complications resulting from it may be why you or your loved one is not able to work. It may be the cause of your disability.

If this is the case, you or your loved one may need help. You may need financial assistance.

Have you or your loved one thought about applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by Graves’ disease? Have you or your loved one already done this and been denied by the Social Security Administration?

You may be wondering what to do next? What options do you have? Do you have any recourse?

One step that you or your loved one can take is to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you decide to do this, here is something that you need to keep in mind.

You or your loved one is going to need the help and assistance of a diligent disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com in what can be a long and arduous process. The reason this is true is because people who are represented by a dependable disability attorney are approved more often than those people who are without a lawyer.

Do not hesitate. Contact the accomplished disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Heart Attack and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Approximately 1 million people in the United States have a heart attack each year. Around 400,000 of these people die as a result of their heart attack. This means that about 60% of these people survive their heart attack.

A heart attack is also known as myocardial infarction (MI), coronary thrombosis or coronary occlusion. A heart attack is when the blood supply to part of your heart muscle, the myocardium, is severely reduced or stopped.

This takes place when one or more of your coronary arteries is blocked that supply blood to your heart muscle. Muscle cells can suffer permanent injury and die if the blood supply is cut off for more than a few minutes. This can kill or disable you depending on the extent that your heart muscle is damaged.

There are signs and symptoms that you need to know and be aware of that can signal an approaching heart attack. Some of these are:

 Shortness of breath
 Fainting
 Sweating
 Vomiting or nausea
 Increasing episodes of chest pain
 Fullness, pressure or a squeezing pain in the center of your chest that lasts for more than a few minutes
 Pain that goes beyond your chest, to your arm, shoulder, back, jaw or teeth
 Impending sense of doom
 Prolonged pain in your upper abdomen.

The signs and symptoms in women may be less noticeable or different than those in men. Some of these are:

 Clammy skin
 Unusual or unexplained fatigue
 Abdominal pain or “heartburn”
 Dizziness or lightheadedness.

It is important to remember that people do not experience the same signs and symptoms or degree of symptoms when having a heart attack. A heart attack may not be as dramatic as the ones you see in the movies or on TV. Some people have no symptoms or signs at all, but the more symptoms you have, the more likely it is that you are having a heart attack.

You or a loved one may be a heart attack survivor. However, complications resulting from your heart attack or along with it may have resulted in you or your loved one’s disability.
Do you or your loved one need assistance? Are you in need of financial help?
Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by complications resulting from or along with a heart attack? Were you or your loved one denied?

If you or your loved one decides to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, consider this. People who are represented by an experienced disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who are not represented by a lawyer.

Do not delay. This may affect you or your loved one for the rest of their life. Contact the knowledgeable disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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High Blood Pressure and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, July 10th, 2009

How big and widespread a problem is high blood pressure? It is now estimated that almost one in every three adult Americans has high blood pressure. Because high blood pressure has no signs or symptoms, it is also estimated that about one-third of the people with high blood pressure do not know that they have it.

What is high blood pressure? Blood is carried from your heart to all parts of your body through your arteries. Blood pressure is the force of the blood as it pushes against the walls of your arteries. Each time your heart beats (about 60-70 times a minute at rest), it pumps out blood into your arteries.

Your blood pressure is at its highest when your heart beats, pumping the blood. This is called systolic pressure. When your heart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls. This is the diastolic pressure. Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury.

Your blood pressure is considered to be normal if it is below 120/80. Usually, the lower it is, the better it is. However, extremely low blood pressure can also cause problems that need to be checked out by your doctor.

High blood pressure is when your blood pressure is 140/90 or higher. If only one of these numbers is at this level, you are still considered to have high blood pressure. If your blood pressure is between 120 and 139 for the systolic, or between 80 and 89 for the diastolic, you are considered to be prehypertension.

As mentioned earlier, high blood pressure usually does not have any signs or symptoms.  A few people in the early stages of high blood pressure may have dizzy spells, nosebleeds or dull headaches. Most of the time, however, these signs and symptoms do not show up until high blood pressure has reached an advanced, possibly life-threatening stage.

You or a loved one may have high blood pressure. Complications arising from or in conjunction with your high blood pressure may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

As a result, you or your loved one may need help. You may need financial assistance.

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by high blood pressure and complications arising from or in conjunction with it. Were you or your love one denied?

If you or your loved one is thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, you will need a smart disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to assist and aid you in what can be a long and trying process. This is true because people who are represented by a skilled disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

Do not delay. Do not put this off. Contact the wise disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Bipolar Disorder and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

If you or a loved one is bipolar, it may have reached a point where it is debilitating. Bipolar disorder may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

Do you or your loved one need help because of your disability? Do you need financial help?

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by bipolar disorder? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may be thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If this is what you decide to do, here is something to think about.

You or your loved one will need a reputable disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to counsel and advise you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason for this being true is because people who are aided and represented by a reliable disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

What is bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder is not a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders characterized by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally heightened mood, clinically referred to mania.

People who have manic episodes also usually experience depressive episodes or symptoms, or mixed episodes which have features of both mania and depression. These episodes are normally separated by periods of normal mood, but in some patients, depression and mania may rapidly alternate. This is known as rapid cycling.

Bipolar disorder used to be called manic-depressive illness. Bipolar disorder is considered to be a more neutral term. This is to avoid the stigma of combining “manic” and “depression” by the general population. Bipolar disorder has also been known as bipolar affective disorder.

Bipolar disorder has been subdivided into bipolar I, bipolar II and cyclothymia. These classifications are based on the type and severity of mood episodes the person experiences

The signs and symptoms of bipolar disorder are distinguished by alternating periods of mania (highs) and depression (lows). Some of the effects the mania phase of the disorder may have on you are:

  • Poor judgment
  • Trouble sleeping
  • Feelings of euphoria, inflated self-esteem and extreme optimism
  • Racing thoughts, rapid speech, agitation and increased physical activity
  • Tendency to be easily distracted
  • Taking chances normally not taken or recklessness
  • Aggressive behavior
  • Inability to concentrate.

Effects caused by the depression phase are:

  1. Problems concentrating
  2. Irritability
  3. Disturbances in appetite and sleep
  4. Persistent feelings of sadness, guilt, hopelessness and anxiety
  5. Fatigue and loss of interest in daily activities
  6. Chronic pain without a known cause
  7. Recurring thoughts of suicide.

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