Category: Social security

Each year, just before Mother’s Day, the Social Security Administration releases a list of the names most commonly given to newborn babies in the United States for the previous year. The ability to compile such a list is possible since at the time of a child’s birth, parents supply the name to the Social Security Administration when applying for the…

A question that our office often receives is whether or not an applicant for Social Security Disability can work while applying for the disability benefits. The Social Security Administration will first and foremost determine if you are currently working. They require that an applicant be unable to perform what we call “substantial gainful activity”. At this juncture they will not…