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Does anyone know how Social Secuirty and Voc Rehab work with each other in the sense of helping disabled individuals receive assistance and benefits? I was under the assumption that if you applied for Voc Rehab services that you had to be disabled under Social Security rules? I...

I grew up in the hearing world since birth. The educational system in the 1970s and 1980s is probably much different than it is now. I always had hearing friends and did not know any deaf or hard of hearing people while in junior high, high school and junior college. My parents struggled...

I am looking to find those that believe that Social Security and the federal government needs to implement a plan to notify deaf and hoh persons that they have the right to file a claim on their own record as well as notifying those same persons that they can file for child disability benefits...

Hello everyone! Is it me or has there been any other deaf or hoh citizens that have gone to their local emergency room or hospital for treatment in which they were denied a ASL/Oral Interpreter upon request? Would love to hear from those that have had this problem before.

Hello everyone! I just wanted to make sure that the parents that have deaf or hoh children should report it to their local social security office to see if they might qualify for benefits. My parents failed to do this in the 70s and the social security rep who interviewed my mother after...

Brian, That's great that you want to support your g/f who is deaf. My boyfriend does not have a hearing disorder in which I have since birth. However, any deaf and hoh persons should be able to request a ASL/Oral Interpreter depending on their usual means of communication. I was denied...

Howard L. Woods Jr. 401 W. Seminole Blvd. #256 Sanford, FL 32771 howardwoodsjr@hotmail.com I am writing to you in need of some assistance that I believe will not only benefit myself; but will surely benefit you as well as the deaf & hard of hearing citizens in the US and possibly...