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How Disability Sensitization Training Could Help With Crimes Against The Disabled

By Ken Marks | July 6, 2015 |

Activists in India have been lobbying for “disability sensitization” during police personnel training. The government was also encouraged to place monitoring mechanisms in institutions and shelters for the disabled, places where crimes against happen quite often and go mostly unnoticed. According to the director of the Sruti Disability Rights Centre violent incidents or sexual assaults against women…

How to Proceed When a Social Security Disability Claim is Denied

By Ken Marks | June 23, 2015 |

People with real needs are often denied Social Security Disability benefits – even when they are eligible. Often, the denial does not stem from eligibility issues but from the complexity of coordinating multiple government agencies. In these situations, those seeking Social Security benefits must take initiative to protect their own interests. Successful appeals for benefits…

Social Security Back & Forth – Is An Attorney Needed?

By Ken Marks | June 16, 2015 |

Yeah, you may know what social security is, but do you have any idea how it works or if maybe you need an attorney? A new article posted by Yahoo Finance describes 10 straight facts regarding social security.  How do you know you may not need to find a social security attorney to make sure you can…

Working During Retirement Could Lead to Social Security Withholding

By Ken Marks | June 3, 2015 |

If you’re retired and still working you better watch your back.  Don’t think everything is fine and dandy with you receiving Social Security benefits and a healthy paycheck.  If this statement appeals to you, then part or all of your social security benefits could be temporary withheld. You can fully retire when you’re 66.  But…

No Difference in Social Security Benefits Between Heterosexual and Same-Sex Marriages

By Ken Marks | May 31, 2015 |

So how is same-sex marriage impacted by Social Security?  Well, the same as how heterosexual marriage is impacted.  To bust the myth, there is no difference.  You get reduced Social Security benefits when you turn 62 or chose to wait until 66 to receive the full compensation.  Heck, if you wait until you’re 70, you…

The Social Security Trust Fund Runs out of Revenue in 2033 – Are You Worried?

By Ken Marks | May 24, 2015 |

The future of Social Security lies unknown…pretty much like anything in the future because we can’t predict the future, now can we?  Plenty of people claim to be able to see in the future, but most are just eccentrically dressed con artists.  But enough of this mini-rambling, how will the changes in Social Security handling…

The Social Security Administration Will No Longer Use the “R-word”

By Ken Marks | May 15, 2015 |

The Social Security Administration will no longer be using the words “mental retardation” when it comes to people with “intellectual disability” in its official Listing of Impairments. Peter Berns, CEO of The Arc says, “Changing how we talk about people with disabilities is a critical step in promoting and protecting their basic civil and human rights.…

How To Prevent 5 Common Summer Time Injuries

By Ken Marks | April 10, 2015 |

Summer is well on its way, and in its wake come a load of preventable injuries. Here are five common summer injuries and ways in which you can prevent them. Grilling MishapsEveryone loves a good BBQ, but often a simple summer BBQ can go horribly wrong. Make sure you use your grill only outdoors, and…

Will Republicans Destroy Social Security?

By Ken Marks | January 19, 2015 |

Before the ink was even dry on their Oaths of Office for the current congressional year, Republican opponents of Social Security have adopted rules which could obliterate the social security disability program. Termed as an attack on America’s working class who has spent their working lives paying into Social Security, the program is destined to run…

Is There a Social Security Crisis in America?

By Ken Marks | January 13, 2015 |

As the 2015 term of the Congress got underway, Republican members of the House started their attack on Social Security . Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) described it as the GOP lawmakers are “inventing a Social Security Crisis”. The Social Security program was developed to provide retirement benefits to seniors and has a program for disability insurance for…