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Hello everyone, First I'd like to say I'm new to this site and I'm sure this question has been asked before, but hopefully someone can chime in and let me know. a little background about my girls.. I have two teenage daughter's ages 16 and 18 both Autistic. Both my girls get SSI for being disabled. Now that my oldest daughter has turned 18 she has been denied for getting Adult benefit's for having Autism. Yes, I have appealed, not sure how long that will take.. So my question is, Can an High Functioning Adult with Autism receive benefits Or will she just continue to be denied ? I appreciate all answers.. Thank you ~

p.s. live in the sate of Florida..

I don't know if this would help:

But people are routinely denied once for SSI/SSDI.

You should go to a disability lawyer who works on contingency (they don't charge anything, and share the award you get ).

Thank you for your reply... " Share my reward " ? Could you explain a bit more please. I don't want to misunderstand.

It's the same as any civil case where an attorney works for a percentage of the award. Say it takes a year for success. They would award you the whole years worth of SSI at once. From this award, the attorney would receive whatever the percentage is and you would get the rest in a lump sum payment.

Ahh ok, That makes sense... I went to my local SS office today to request a reconsideration of her case. The Lady told me that my daughter would continue to receive benefit's while they decide.. Not to sure how long that will take either. And no one seemed to know in the office
So I'm guessing that if She is denied again, I'll have to look into getting a lawyer. Which I will.. I will fight this till the end for her

As an autistic man, I applaud you for that...

Sounds like the advice here is on the right track. The lawyer would probably work on a "no win, no fee" basis, and take a percentage of the backdated benefits if the appeal is successful. The advantage of that is that if the lawyer accepts the case at all, it should mean that they think there's a good chance of winning and they'll be motivated to get it right. The autism would probably have to be presented as having quite a severe impact on the life of the client, with good documentary evidence to back that up - the more the better. I sat in on a lot of conversations between an autistic person and various "professionals" about such matters while I was in the USA, and the lawyer was the only one who (in my view) seemed helpful and reasonably genuine.

Maybe, but you can usually tell whether a professional is really listening or not, which I think is a strong pointer. Certainly the ones who have proved the most useless / dishonest have usually not listened, ducked questions, and generally tried to lead things too much. But I think the main reassuring factor is the way the money moves - if by failing they don't get that lucrative cut of the backdated benefits, that's likely to make them try.

I believe my patents are planning on having a lawyer take care of things when I turn 18.

I guess all I can do now is wait and see if she is denied. I'm just worried that they will tell me seeing she is on the High functioning spectrum, she doesn't qualify.?. My daughter also has a speech delay and cognitive delay.. It's sad that the government gives such a hard time to people who truly need and deserve these benefits ! !