Gina,

No, there's nothing wrong with you for wanting to live independently.

I'm not sure how SSD works (since I've not been on it) yet, I'm hopeful, someone else who does understand SSD will post. This is what I don't know: Whether SSD adjusts the monthly amt. if someone could find a place to live on one's own.

Maybe you've already checked out the following, I dunno, so I'll go ahead and post them:

http://www.dors.state.md.us/dors
http://www.mcil-md.org/services.htm
http://www.nod.org/index.cfm?fuseact...Page&pageId=17