Why do deaf people get SSI????

Question

Why do Deaf people get SSI, when they can work as a maid, work other jobs that doesn't require hearing.
SSI is Social Security Income. And I don't know why Deaf people need disability income. They can't work because they can't hear?
There is nothing wrong with their hands and feet. They can walk,
they can do everything but communicate.
But they can read notes.

So why Government are giving them money every month...?

I can understand Blind people can't work, I can understand people in wheelchair can't work.... but deaf people... they can work.

I know some deaf people work in office, UPS, post office, and other place... there is no reason for deaf people to not work...

Answer 1

Why do people who don't want to work on welfare I don't know!

Answer 2

I agree with the questioner. I have a unique point of view. Although I am not deaf, I attended a hich school where about 1/2 the students were deaf. They were part of the school, in class with the hearing kids and sometimes stayed to help teachers wanted to learn sign language. Many "spoke" more than one language. They recieved no special treatment outside of there being a deaf drama club. Many could read lips from the side even. My graduation year the prom queen was deaf. I was so used to this completely woven schooling that when I went to University I asked where the hearing impaired students were.
On another issue, I have epilepsy. I can't drive (two major accidents, one with my son, is enough) and that seriously impairs my ability to work. Yet I do not recieve SSI.
Yes, there are places and positions that people who are deaf simply are not able to have. But I cannot have a job involving ladders, heavy machinery, etc. They are both just conditions and part of who you are, you shouldn't recieve anything for it.

Answer 3

I like your choice of work for the deaf..Maids.I'll tell my wife that in the morning.

She's deaf.

She doesn't get SSI.She doesn't need it.

A study was done a few years back asking employers what type of disabled person they would hire.Overwhelmingly,they responded that they would hire a quadriplegic person before a blind person,a developmentally challenged person,or a deaf person.

Actually,deaf people placed dead last,even behind the retarded.And the reason cited was that they considered it too hard and too time consuming to have to communicate with a deaf person.

So,you think maybe there's a reason for the deaf to be eligible for SSI?

Answer 4

Many of them do work. There are however A LOT of jobs that require hearing though too. Sometimes handicapped people have trouble finding jobs as they are seen as a liability.Families members of cancer patients , their children can apply for SSDI and rightfully so.Family members who have a member that is mentally deficient can apply for and receive SSI.This is to assist the family as a burden is created by illness and deficiency. People who are nutzo also get SSI. But would you want to work with someone who is mentally unstable?

Plus the only way you can get SSI or SSDI is if you have payed into it at some point. Or if a member of you family has and your family meets certain requirements. Almost no one could afford to live or be educated without some form of public assistance. There would be no roads, no parks, no school, no medical care, and NO hope for a better future otherwise. Count your lucky stars.

Answer 5

SSI has nothing to do with disabilities - SSD does. If you think being deaf isnt a disability, try walking a mile in a deaf person's moccasins. By the way - Medicare pays for those freaking scooters for morbidly obese people to scoot around town on, but doesnt pay for hearing aides. Go figure.

Answer 6

It's considered a disability.

BTW, blind people are capable of working as well.

There are some serious safety concerns with employing deaf people.
For example, say you work in a factory, and something goes wrong with the machinery. You yell duck, but the person can't hear you and gets hurt.

Answer 7

Deaf people don't just get SSI people like me who have a heart condition also have SSI. People who are disabled who can't work need income otherwise they can't survive this tough world.

Answer 8

because impossible find job..but no body hire for UPS, Computer graphic, theater, etc that very hard job than DEAFHOOD (if join deaf politics power and land, build, house, farm then remove SSI, HUD,..)

Answer 9

Well some people put it into perspective I guess and think oh well I am deaf so i cannot work. some make lies and give their skills and are unable to do them because they are deaf when in fact they can...... it sucks i know but the things people do for money and not work too.

Answer 10

Go ahead and give up your hearing. Just poke your eardrums out and say you can get along just fine.

Almost all disabled people can work in some capacity, but they still have limitations.

Answer 11

Deafness is a disability , and there are some things that are impossible or challenging to do, such as driving, working in retail, walking across the street (you can't hear traffic). Why does this concern you?