The Social Security Administration announced it will centralize medical Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) to improve service and reduce massive backlogs.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) today announced the agency will transition the processing of medical Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) from State Disability ...

The Social Security Administration will centralize disability benefit reviews nationwide, a major shift aimed at improving accountability, speeding decisions, and reducing backlogs for millions of ...

Medically reviewed by Marisa Garshick, MD Severe hidradenitis suppurativa may qualify as a disability if symptoms prevent you from working.According to Social Security Administration rules, the ...

It’s not black and white, and it shouldn’t be red or blue, either. When I first started my position at the University of Illinois at Chicago back in 1997, I was a faculty member in a newly formed ...

There cannot be a good disability determination process without considering equity. It is dangerous, in some ways, to marginalize equity issues as something separate as opposed to being integral to ...

As per law, medical professionals must offer full access to medical services without discrimination on the basis of disability. Understanding your rights can help you get the care you need. Share on ...

Objectives Despite the well-documented benefits of sports for individuals with disabilities, participation remains low, and ...

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Disability often framed as a ‘problem’ in medical school curriculum for doctors to diagnose, treat Negative ideas about disability have a direct, negative effect on workforce diversity in medicine ...

This is a sponsored column by attorneys John Berry and Kimberly Berry of Berry & Berry, PLLC, an employment and labor law firm located in Northern Virginia that specializes in federal employee, ...

The medical model of disability locates the problem of disability at the person, and it operates in the context of disease, disorders, and impairments. The social model of disability understands ...