Donna:
A good place to start is with the stickies at the top of the forum. NOLO Press also publishes an excellent book on the SSDI/SSI application process. I'm really not sure why your so offended by my posts, since you admittedly don't understand the process. I post information that I believe will be of help. (This can include disagreeing with advice I believe is incorrect. It's nothing personal.)

Bret:
This is a great link to read: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surve...system_monitor
You don't want to be denied based on a technicality...