Applying for SSI in the united states

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It does seem that getting SSDI or SSI is much harder for Mental Health issues than for Physical Disabilities/ or multiple physical/mental Disabilities. My SSDI only took about 9 months. The case worker told me that my issues were pretty easy and that it would be quick rather than the 2 years + for more complex cases..

I wonder if DSM drops Aspergers and goes with High Functioning Autism it will change anything as far as SSI approval... Classic Autism is pretty easy case for approval...

If you're looking at it from the perspective of either group no it won't. The decision is based on ability to work rather than the DX in high functioning cases. Currently it is very possible for a dx of HFA to be denied while AS is approved. With Classic autism the cognitive impairment will always be the factor for approval.

I saw the psychiatrist today to discuss my depression and to renew the meds. We then discussed how badly things were going with my unemployment. She then suggested that I apply for SSI as i am mentally unable to obtain employment. As with the self-diagnosed ASD, she said she didn't need to do the whole battery of tests, but asked questions of autism and aspergers to see it they applied to me. She and I agreed that i had autism (no degree given) and would verify that if asked.

But now seeing this thread, i am not at all confident that it would get approved.

It's very likely you won't get approved the 1st round. I was denied after the state's psychologist said I am unable to work in her official evaluation report. I'm waiting for my reconsideration that I filed but I doubt I will be approved because it seems like they are actively looking for reasons to deny people. In my case they said that the report said I couldn't work in the last type of job I was in but their psychologist's report was clearly about my general ability to work and nowhere mentions a specific type of work. Seems like the only way to do it now is to go through the process of rejection and get approved by a judge. Doesn't matter if you're confident of getting approved through the standard process, what you need to ask yourself is, "if I were in front of the judge would he/she approve me?". Ghoti if you feel you need the support apply for the SSI. Do it now because take a long time. Just be aware that they will send you to see their psychologist 4 or 5 months into the process.

my god this all sounds like a never-ending nightmare. i want to try it out though, because there is really nothing else for me t odo. plus my mom just got upset again when I said that she is just ding anyhting to prevent me from getting on SSI, because get this: she 9and my in denial aspie dad agrees with her) said a few months back that she wouldn't take me to apply again ( we neverfinished the first time) because Obamacare would stop covering a person like me with asperger's after 2014. ;O then last month she said oh well it sounds like i was wrong... so now we will take you when we can and get you off the insurance.
well today i, like i said, got a bit irritated at her whinging about how i would have no insurance while they cover me, because i still live with her and dad (for obvious reasons.) she just kept talkingabout how I would be without insurance and our doctor couldn't see me wihtout insurance and yada yada. Jesus. So i got irritated and said anything to rpevent me from doing it, and she got creepy-upset, and started ating all abandoned or wahtever, like i have no right to make this decision and it hurts HER somehow. at least thats the only way i cna translate her behavior at this point. whuh? f*****g rock and a hard place, man.

my psychologist is a phd, but not clinical. he's awesome, so far, and specializes in asperger's. But i worry about his motives when he obviously avoids the question of needing documentation after i directly ask him if i need documentation for SSI by saying stuff like:

YOU HAVE IT. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH A GIVEN. I WILL TELL ANYONE WHO ASKS. these were his exact words.

great but where;s the paper trail, honey?

Them English likes thayr paper, yo?

(i self-diagnosed when my parents did not beleive me and called me a hypochondriac then forced them to take me to a creepy psychologist group they unfortunately chose instead of me choosing, then went to him, whom I had been looking at before nad liked the vibe of)

what gives? gez, i have no idea about this. i worry that my mparents will never let me do this. it feels all so strange to me. it's like they are borderlines nad just pretendingto give in to me to protect their supply. they love me, but geez. waht gives?

i want to be some kind of writer. ignore my typos, they don't represent my work at all.

ever feel like Cthulhu was f*****g you up teh ass? yeah, like that. I am fairly certainthe entirety of America feels this way, and other coutnries as well. -smiles-

I've been on SSI for a couple years now, and using this time to go to school while I can afford to do so without working. I still get stressed out from school and have trouble taking a full load some semesters and end up dropping some classes, so its taking me longer to get through the community college level than I would like. I would like to be able to work an actual career some day, I've never held a job longer than 6 months, and with my work history and lack of a degree I would be lucky to get minimum wage right now. I need education and need to figure out a job that suits me so I can do something with the rest of my life.

The surprising thing is, when I was told to apply for SSI, it was by a worker at a clinic after I applied and got denied Medi-Cal(a government sponsored medical program in California for disabled low income people). He said that I could apply for SSI, that I would get denied, and I could take that denial letter to another local program and get medical services there. So I applied, and was surprised to find out, they approved me for SSI right away. So being that I got SSI I now have Medi-Cal as part of it which I was applying for in the first place. Most people I have talked to that know about SSI since then have said that is generally pretty rare to be accepted on first application. As far as what I am diagnosed with, Major Depressive Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Sleep Apnea.

This is the truth. Even my Mother was denied the first time and she had a DX of paranoid-schizophrenia with arrest records noting psychosis.