Compassionate Allowance: The Social Security Disability List Almost No One Tells You Exists
You just got a diagnosis, or someone you love did, and somewhere in your research you found a phrase: Compassionate Allowances. Maybe a friend told you that if your condition is “on the list,” Social Security has to approve you. Maybe you’re hoping that’s true, because right now you need it to be. It isn’t […]
A Deeper Dive Into Understanding Activities of Daily Living
The 7 ADLs Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) are the basic self-care tasks an individual needs to perform daily to live independently. The medical and Insurance fields name 6, sometimes 7, ADLs to determine whether a person is self-sufficient. These ADL’s include: Transferring – The ability to move from one position to another and walk […]