The balancing act: Work and benefits after spinal cord injury.

Abstract: A benefits counselor explains how employment can impact the situation for individuals between the age of fourteen and full retirement age receiving Social Security disability-based benefits. She discusses the two main benefits, Security Supplemental Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), their differences and similarities, requirements to receive benefits, earned income, employment goals, Medicare and Medicaid, and resources for individuals with a disability who want to return to work. Run time: 40 minutes 40 seconds.

NARIC Accession Number: O19642. What's this? 

Author(s): Henselbecker, Emma.

Project Number: H133N110009..

Publisher(s): Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Box 356490, Seattle, Washington, 98195; 206/685-3999.

Publication Year: 2013.

Descriptor Terms: AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS, DISABILITY DETERMINATION, ELIGIBILITY, EMPLOYMENT REENTRY, MEDICAID, MEDICARE, SOCIAL SECURITY, SPINAL CORD INJURIES, SSDI, SSI, WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES.