I was looking into it in my town but I was deamed financially over qualified by the disability service in my town because my parents still support me and they had "a lot of money" on their tax forms. I even showed them my tax form from last year as well Right now they are trying to decide whether I can go work their without being charged a fee. Why do they do that, isn't it supposed to be based on whether the indivisual is disabled or not?
2007-11-22 16:12:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ People with Disabilities
Well I'm 24, but apparently unless you are a student or like terminally disabled (I'm mildly disabled) they aren't supposed to count you. I just finished college in May and my mom said if I made under $3,000 (which I did last year and this year) I could be counted. I live in the state of Virginia and their laws suck.
2007-11-22 16:21:30 · update #1
If your parents still support you, and they put you on their tax form - then their income has to count. They can't have it both ways - they support you and get tax benefits and have enough money to pay for what you need --or they support/ not support you but get no tax benefits and you can get benefits in your own name.
My son is 24. He could not survive on the benefits he received. So I buy a lot of his stuff. If I figured it out, I am reasonably positive I could declare him my dependent, but I don't because then he could not get medicaid, ssi, etc based on OUR income status.
If you want these services for free - when your parents fill out their tax forms for 2007 tell them to leave your name off as a dependent. Until they do you are going to stay in the situation you are in.
(They assume children (of any age) who live in their parents household MIGHT be their dependents-so they check.)
2007-11-23 01:56:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In actuality, I would say that you are now an adult. Therefore, they should not acount your parents income as yours. But it differs from state to state. If you want legislature to change that, than advocate for that and find a senator in your state, that will see things your way. You could also go with the local Social Security attorney, and file a charge against that law. It would be hard to do cause attorney's cost lot's of money.
But you could go with an disability advisory or organization that persuaes such things. Good luck.
I am a retired Social Worker.
2007-11-23 00:28:15 · answer #2 · answered by angelikabertrand64 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Age 23 minumum shouldn't be counted as dependent far as Financial Aid but that doesn't have to do with SSI because that is seperated.
Secondly, SSI are looking at you as dependent because you are still living with your parent. Until you move out, the Social Security will unfairly count your parent's income.
After you get denied from SSI and repeal, there is no cost for consulting or getting lawyer to represent you except later on. The later on catch is that when the SSI is issued to you that the lawyer will get 25% from it.
2007-11-23 01:02:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but it's really aggravating. I'm in a similar situation as you with Voc Rehab. There's this surgery I really really need and Voc Rehab won't pay for it even though I'm 25 and only bring in the very small salary from my GA-ship plus some loans from the government. It's b/c I had an inheritance that came to me last year but it's in trust and I can't touch it for a few years. They claim that I might have access to it, plus I had to claim it on my taxes, so that means I apparently must just be hiding it somewhere??
2007-11-23 10:52:25 · answer #4 · answered by starfishblues 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably they assume that your parents will help take care of you. Don't know what the laws and such are now, or where you live, but when I was younger (more than a few years ago), quite a few things considered my parents income until I was 25 or married.
Good luck.
2007-11-23 00:16:39 · answer #5 · answered by kelli m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋