'A Compassionate' Social Security Administration

A 'Compassionate' Social Security Administration

Check the 'Compassionate Allowances Lists' to see if your disability is a condition requiring urgency.

Kbj Cosse'

FYI:"Social Security has an obligation to provide benefits quickly to applicants whose medical conditions are so serious that their conditions obviously meet disability standards.
Compassionate Allowances(CAL) are a way of quickly identifying diseases and other medical conditions that invariably qualify under the Listing of Impairments based on minimal objective medical information."Social Security Administration

Social Security Announces New Compassionate Allowances Conditions

www.socialsecurity.gov

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced 12 additional Compassionate Allowances conditions involving severe heart diseases, bringing the total number of conditions in the expedited disability process to 100. Compassionate Allowances are a way to quickly identify diseases a

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    Kbj Cosse'

    Sign up for SSA email general updates. FYI (cont.)"Compassionate Allowances allow Social Security to quickly target the most obviously disabled individuals for allowances based on objective medical information that we can obtain quickly." Social Security Administration
    For more info. on 'SSA- Comapssionalte Allowances' Full List: http://www.ssa.gov/compass​ionateallowances/ ;
  • Initial CAL Conditions List: http://www.ssa.gov/compass​ionateallowances/condition​s.htm;
  • CAL Processing Details: https://secure.ssa.gov/app​s10/poms.nsf/lnx/042302200​0!opendocument See More

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White House Disability Group Monthly Call

White House Disability Group Monthly Call

JUNE 24, 2011 @10:30AM/EST
Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to President Obama
on Disability Policy

Participants:
Dr. Jill Biden calling from Athens, Greece (leading a Presidential Delegation to the Special Olympics).

{Kareem Dale @disabilitygov (twitter.com/disabilitygov) for delegation travel tweets from The Special Olympics in Athens, Greece(June 24 thru June 28) }

Lynna Ruttledge, Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration

Sharon Lewis, Commissioner of the Administration of Developmental Disabilities

Dial In for Listeners: 1800-230-1951
Title: White House Disability Call( not for press purposes)

Live captioning via federal relay system for the people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
(http://www.fed.rcc.us/Enter.aspx?EventID=178221&CustomerID=321http://www.fed.rcc.us/Enter.aspx?EventID=178222&CustomerID=321)

*STAY IINFORMED:
whitehouse.gov/disability FOR UPDATES ON VARIOUS DISABILITY ISSUES; introduce you to persons who work on disability issues in the federal government

'White House Disability Call' - Follow-up

'White House Disability Call' Follow-up

Yesterday, many of us joined federal agency heads on the phone to receive updates and pose questions about transportation, education and civil rights, labor/compliance for people with disabilities:(see post)
'Enjoying The Hi-5's of Autism - A Family Experience': White House Disability Call

“The Department of Education enforces Section 504 with respect to public and private colleges and universities that receive federal financial assistance from the Depart of Education. Under title III(Americans with Disabilities Act), individuals with disabilities, including students with visual impairments, may not be discriminated against in the full and equal enjoyment of all of the goods and services of private colleges and universities;…” U.S. Department of Justice-Civil Rights Division [statement posted on the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education]

Reference links for WHD Call Q & A information:

Dial in for Listeners: (800) 230-1085

Press Release: Office of Civil Rights: 'Guidance on Technology & Rights of Students with Disabilities' - US Dept. of Education

Department of Education Issues Guidance on Rights of Students With Disabilities when Educational Ins

Electronic Book Readers & Accessibility for Students (with Blind or Low Vision)- Letter to College & University Presidents

Joint - Dear Colleague Letter: Electronic Book Readers

Joint Department of Justice and Department of Education "Dear /College or University President Letter on Electronic Book Readers & Accessibility for Students with Blind or Low Vision


Joint-Dear Colleague Letter: Electronic Book Readers

AskArne@ed.gov - Send your Questions, Comments to US Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan

National Center on AIM

White House Disability Call

White House Disability Call
May 26, 2011 at 3:00PM/Eastern

This White House Disability Group Call is off the record and not for press purposes.

The White House Disability Group Call utilizes FEDERAL RELAY CAPTIONED TEXT with a online support, email contact and a toll free call in number to order the service. PLEASE ONLY USE THIS FEATURE IF YOU ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING.

Conference Call Info.: [U.S. area] Dial in for Listeners:(800) 230-1085

This month's call will include updates on civil rights, health care, and fiscal/budget issues and will feature:

* Secretary of Transportation - Ray LaHood
* Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education - Russlynn Ali
* Director of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Department of Labor - Patricia Shiu

Thus far, our favorite section is the Q&A and favorite topic is about Autism, considered a developmental disability.

Again,this call is off the record and not for press purposes.

White House Disability Group Email Distribution List: