Disability and Working... How does it work??
 

I dont get it... If you get approved for disability and then are able to find and lord help you hold a job for a while, how does that work? I've heard that they restrict you to some sort of income limitation. Can somebody fill me in on this? I've applied for disability and am going for testing next week (have had terrible luck holding a job for the last 8 years after brain surgery due to a tumor)m yet have now been employed for a month and wonder what thats gonna mean for me.
Things usually go ok for a few months, then take a turn for the worse and I get fired or pushed out...
Any info on this? I'm just wondering if I do get approved and this job happens to turn out to be okay for me, then what? Stranger things have happened...

Go to socialsecurity.gov. Ask for the publication the Red Book to be sent to you. Read it. Twice. Take notes. Then ask questions.

Vodpop,

The way you phrased "they restrict you to some sort of income limitation" makes it sound like you think SSDI is trying to keep you from working. They want you to work. They don't want to pay you money that is for the totally disabled if you can work. The income limits are in place because they figure if you can work enough to make more than $900 a month, then you can work. SSDI wants to encourage people to try to go back to work if there is an improvement in their medical condition, so it allows for the ticket to work, so someone can work part time to see if they can manage going back to work.

Sga
 

SGA, substantial gainful activity. is the limit of money you can earned after deuctions for the necessities of working.
For 2010 than net earnings is $1,000. There are many work incentive program. http://www.workworld.org/wwwebhelp/sga_di.htm is a website that provides alot if information wihtout having to read the REDbook twice. Contact yourcase worker with questions you have after you find out the basics of trial work periods,
Trudi

That is a good site. Has hyperlinks to help you navigate.

But it references the Red Book too.

The work incentives are so complex, I think it can be really hard to absorb and understand the rules the first time you hear them, that it really does take gathering data from a variety of sources. Just remember that SSA is the official source. But some employees give bad information as well.

Official SSA Work Program site
 

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/work/ is the SSA's site for work incentive programs. There's an allowance for failed work attempts which sounds like what is ahppening to you.