Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or “Disability” provides monthly payments to people who have a disability that stops or limits their ability to work.

The Disability Starter Kit will help you get ready for your disability interview or online application. Kits are available for adults and for children under age 18.

The field office is responsible for verifying non-medical eligibility requirements, which may include age, employment, marital status, or Social Security coverage information.

Adults and children might be eligible for SSI if they have limited to no income and resources, and are age 65 or older or have a disability.

SSI provides monthly payments to people with disabilities and older adults who have little or no income or resources.

If you have worked enough to be eligible for disability benefits, we use a step-by-step process involving five questions to determine if you have a qualifying disability.

Health changes Disability, injury, or illness Staying at a medical facility Need help managing money

We will help you get documents you need to show that you meet the SSI eligibility requirements. If you are applying due to disability or blindness and we decide that the medical information needed to …

Compassionate Allowances (CAL) are a way to quickly identify diseases and other medical conditions that, by definition, meet Social Security’s standards for disability benefits.

A child may be eligible for SSI disability benefits until attainment of age 18 (see definition of disability for children). When the child attains age 18, we evaluate impairments based on the definition of …