My cousin is 56 and her IQ is 75, she has not been able to get a job since 4/2004, can she get disability?
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Definitely depends on where you live but there usually has to be something else wrong w/ her other than a borderline IQ in order for her not to be able to work. Social Security will gather medical records, etc., and see if she is able (physically / mentally) to work (and not just that she can't find a job, for example). She would have to be deemed disabled - meaning that medical reviewers would have to say that she is not able to work - for at least a year in order for her to get disability. I don't know what state you are in, but in GA, an IQ of 75 alone will not get a person approved for disability. There are always jobs in which a person with even a lower IQ can do and Social Security does not look at the market as a reason (i.e., hasn't been able to get a job) for not being able to work.
Best of luck, it's tough!!
Of course.
She needs to contact her county's department of social serices and Social Security.
Maybe you could help get that going for her.
yes u can apply for disability .just stretch the truth a bit mail me if u need to find out anything
not seriously. She has to prove she has some form of disability. Talk with md to see if he has a diagnoses to support a disability.
Here is the problem, your cousins IQ is 5 points over what is allowed to be classified as Mentally Retarded. The standard is 70. Which she needs to have proof of and that the testing was done before the age of 18. If you can find this documentation then yes she can receive SSI. Search at schools she attended, Dr.'s she may have gone to maybe your local MHMR. This is not the same as Social Security disability, for that she has to have worked so many quarters to receive.
I don't know all of the disability laws for SSI, but I do know that if she is unable to work for at least a year, then she is eligible for SSI. But like Kelly said, she is five points over what is considered mentally retarded. In this case, I suggest hiring a disability attorney. A good one can be worth his/her weight in gold. You might receive less money initially as they will take a percentage of your first check, but I fought for years and two appeals to get my first check. I'd rather have paid an attorney looking back on it.
Unfortunately, it depends upon which state you live in. The sad truth is the government will pay for Viagra when it won't pay for life sustaining meds. Apply at the Social Security office and get a lawyer. Don't try to do it alone. Good Luck!
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