Saturday, September 28, 2013

Can my autistic son get SSI - short?

Can my autistic son get SSI - short?
My 2 1/2 year old son has autism. He was diagnosed very recently. We live in CA but want to move to TX within a year. Here is where our income gets tricky: we make around $50,000 a year BUT half of that is from my husbands VA disability benefits which is a non-taxed income (can't even put us in a different tax bracket) My son's insurance (Kaiser if interested) does not cover the services he needs such as behavioral therapy, speech therapy and such so at the moment we are going thru a non-profit program called ALTA which will give him services until 3 years old but at 3, he will go to the school district which only covers speech, not anything else. So we are looking into how to pay for everything and the only thing I can think of is SSI. I know he can get it for autism, but does the severity matter? Ort does income matter and if income does matter will it count VA money? We are going to apply, I just want to prepare myself because my mom is on SSI and got denied the first time around (and she had a stroke and couldn't even walk) so I am worried he will be denied also and will go awhile without the necessary therapy's he needs while we appeal the decision which can seriously hurt his progress. Any info would help Thxs. We make way too much for medi-cal (state medical) And even "high-functioning" autistic kids NEED services or they will soon be low-functioning. I didn't ask for opinions on if a high functioning kid should get SSI or not. I only asked if it effected getting SSI. Don't talk about autism if you know nothing about it.......
Special Education - 2 Answers
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who told you school only covers speech-that is a violation of IDEA the school must provide APPROPRIATE SERVICES..including OT, PT, ABA the severeity does matter--kids at the higher end shouldn't get it ...ACCORDING TO SSA STANDARDS__NOT MINE(but some do anyway) ( I AM REFERring to ssi--AS I SAID THE SCHOOL SHOULD PROVIDE ABA, OT, ETC) EVEN KIDS WITH MILD DISABILITIES ARE ENTITLED TO THAT IN SCHOOL i'm not sure of the income limits..does your non VA income fall under the limit? even if not eligible for SSI, you might be able to get MEDICAID on a waiver for medically needy or similar program and also register with the state division of developmental disabilities it will help if you have yoru own medical ev als--the SSA evals are idiiotic--they don't assess the disability--only the healthy parts..and therfore you don't qualify. the requirements for children are on SSA.GOV it says something about severe impairment in functioning I DIDN"T SAY STANDARD MEDICAID..THERE ARE SPECIAL MEDICAID PROGRAMS (often called WAIVERS) that are for people with disabilities..check to see if your state has any.. if you make too much for standard medicaid....you may make too much for SSI KIDS AT THE HIGHER END SHOUDLN"T GET SSI..I DIDN"T SAY THEY SHOULDN"T GET SERVICES... BUT THE SERVICES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL__THE FAMILY IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE TO PAY FOR EDUCATIONAL RELATED SERVICE (at some level --services are considered medical, not educational..and school won't provide..but ABA is usually considered strictly educational..A lot of OT is do you know about ABA/VB, DIR, Miller, SONRISE, RDI, Sensory based OT, PROMPT..TEACHH, FBA, DRO you said: I didn't ask for opinions on if a high functioning kid should get SSI or not. I only asked if it effected getting SSI. I ANSWERED TAHT IT DOES AFFECT ELIGIBILITY FOR SSI, BUT IT IS TRUE THAT SOME CHILDREN WHO ARE HIGH MANAGE TO GET APPROVED..EVEN WHEN THEY ARE BARELY DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THEIR NEUROTYPICAL PEERS technically, if kids are functioning near age level, do they do not qualify..but ssa is a game--people with mild disabilities do get approved if they stick it out.. THATS THE FACTS--ITS NOT MY FAULT I TOLD YOU THE TRUTH kids who are high functioning can decompensate or not progress without supportive services
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My son and foster son with Aspergers both get SSI. My son has been getting it since he was eight and my foster son stated getting it when he turned 18. It is pretty hard to get SSI for children unless they are SEVERELY disabled and it affects their ability to function. My son has AS but he also has several medical issues and severe anxiety. I had plenty of documentation from doctors, neurologists, psychologists and the special developmental clinic where he had an extensive evaluation twice (at ages five and eight). He had both an academic and medical dx. We were denied the first time around. We hired a lawyer and appealed the decision and finally got the SSI about a year and a half after the initial application. My advise is to talk to a lawyer and see if he/she thinks your son would qualify for SSI with his level of disability and your family income. You will need the name of EVERY doctor and specialist your son has seen and every report you have ever received on your child. If you have these documents to submit with your application the process will go a lot faster. FYI: Children who are "high functioning" will not become "low functioning" without services. Things may be a bit more difficult without services but they will not become "more Autistic" than they already are.


Saturday, September 14, 2013

what can we do? confused?

what can we do? confused?
MY boyfriend moved out again, because he missed his family because they never came to see him, like last time he moved out. but this time he said he doesn't wanna talk to me at all. and he isn't coming back again, and i don't know what to do. cause he doesn't wanna talk to me. i mean i wanna give him space an time. cause at first he said i don't wanna be with you, cause you put too much stress on me with you being sad all the time, but before he even went tot talk to his father cause he went on a drive to talk to his father, me and him were fine like he said he wasn't gonna leave and he loves me and he wouldn't leave me but then he came back 10 minutes later and he is leaving? when he moved out last time its cause his family threatened to disown him so he went back with them, and every time he moves back there he has to break up with me cause his grandparents they let his family live with them cause they are wealthy, he has to break up with me cause they think im after their money, its pretty pathetic cause i never asked them for one thing, so im almost positive its his family making him do this .then before he walked out the door, he said he still wants to be with me but we need to get our **** together and we will get back together, and he gave me a hug and 2 kisses and said i love you. so i don't know. im so confused, and i know for a fact he is confused cause if he lives with my he feels like he is telling his family to **** off, and if he lives with me he feels like he is telling me to **** off except he cant talk to me at his grandparents house, and my mom said he had a surprise for me and he said he did and i was so excited and i was gonna get it for my birthday. well he was gonna propose to me and he had the ring and everything. my mom showed it to me :( so im so confused. like if he really still wants to be with me or he just doesn't wanna hurt me and we just had our 1 year anniversary Sunday nd he doesn't wanna talk to me on the phone cause he said that will make him wanna be with me more. i don't know if it is his family, like last time. im gonna die tonight cause i wont be sleeping in his arms. or waking up to his face or anything :( and i couldn't sleep what so ever last night. plus he took everything. or thought he did. he packed all up and left a bag of clothes in my kitchen on accident, his suit case is in my moms car so he left that, and a couple other things so that's sitting in my room. on my mirror he wrote on it and it just says like "i love you and i forever will, and i wanna be with you forever, your the most beautiful baby girl in the world" and i don't wanna wash it off like its so sad i cant even go in my own room with out almost crying. ever since he left i can barely breathe and i would watch a movie to occupy myself or keep myself busy but like i said everything reminds me of him.i always would watch movies with him or TV. we did like everything together so i cant do anything with out thinking bout him. i just want him back. i wanna talk to him bout all of this and say im sorry for being sad lately but i cant help it my little sis is depressed and cutting my mom wants to kill herself. and its hard cause im worrying bout everything... i need my baby back, i need everything to be perfect again. i need him to get his *** to Alta ( my school) . i know he isn't gonna cause he lives back in with his family and i know they wont allow that because i go there. but oh my gosh and i just want his *** to get on here, so i can ask him if its him. or his family. or ask him if i do good for like a week or something like he can talk to my mom if he wants to see how im doing, can we get back together he doesn't have to live with me i just want to know he is mine and we are together and everything like that cause my birthday is in 10 days and if he isn't there or me and him aren't together im not having a birthday party. and he went online just to change his facebook status to single and i know i have to give it time but i mean, i know his family they wont let him call me, or talk to me like last time. so even if he wanted to he cant, and my birthday is in 2 weeks and its gonna kill me if im not with him by then cause me and him had so much planned, and he was gonna ask me to marry him. PRETTY PLEASE DON'T SAY MOVE ON CAUSE I HAVE BEEN WITH HIM FOR A YEAR AND I LOVE HIM SO MUCH OR SAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU, CAUSE I'M TRYING TO HANG IN THERE AND GIVE IT TIME AND JUST BE HAPPY, BUT ITS SO HARD :( Ps: im 17, in case you wanted to know.and how can i get a hold of him to talk to him about all of this, he doesnt have a cell phone? so how would i talk to him about all of this?
Other - Family & Relationships - 1 Answers
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OK... I won't tell you that you are wasting your time....You only want to "hear what you WANT to hear".....So why bother asking people here??


Saturday, September 7, 2013

i need urgent help with this!?!?

i need urgent help with this!?!?
MY boyfriend moved out again, because he missed his family because they never came to see him, like last time he moved out. but this time he said he doesn't wanna talk to me at all. and he isn't coming back again, and i don't know what to do. cause he doesn't wanna talk to me. i mean i wanna give him space an time. cause at first he said i don't wanna be with you, cause you put too much stress on me with you being sad all the time, but before he even went tot talk to his father cause he went on a drive to talk to his father, me and him were fine like he said he wasn't gonna leave and he loves me and he wouldn't leave me but then he came back 10 minutes later and he is leaving? when he moved out last time its cause his family threatened to disown him so he went back with them, and every time he moves back there he has to break up with me cause his grandparents they let his family live with them cause they are wealthy, he has to break up with me cause they think im after their money, its pretty pathetic cause i never asked them for one thing, so im almost positive its his family making him do this .then before he walked out the door, he said he still wants to be with me but we need to get our **** together and we will get back together, and he gave me a hug and 2 kisses and said i love you. so i don't know. im so confused, and i know for a fact he is confused cause if he lives with my he feels like he is telling his family to **** off, and if he lives with me he feels like he is telling me to **** off except he cant talk to me at his grandparents house, and my mom said he had a surprise for me and he said he did and i was so excited and i was gonna get it for my birthday. well he was gonna propose to me and he had the ring and everything. my mom showed it to me :( so im so confused. like if he really still wants to be with me or he just doesn't wanna hurt me and we just had our 1 year anniversary Sunday nd he doesn't wanna talk to me on the phone cause he said that will make him wanna be with me more. i don't know if it is his family, like last time. im gonna die tonight cause i wont be sleeping in his arms. or waking up to his face or anything :( and i couldn't sleep what so ever last night. plus he took everything. or thought he did. he packed all up and left a bag of clothes in my kitchen on accident, his suit case is in my moms car so he left that, and a couple other things so that's sitting in my room. on my mirror he wrote on it and it just says like "i love you and i forever will, and i wanna be with you forever, your the most beautiful baby girl in the world" and i don't wanna wash it off like its so sad i cant even go in my own room with out almost crying. ever since he left i can barely breathe and i would watch a movie to occupy myself or keep myself busy but like i said everything reminds me of him.i always would watch movies with him or TV. we did like everything together so i cant do anything with out thinking bout him. i just want him back. i wanna talk to him bout all of this and say im sorry for being sad lately but i cant help it my little sis is depressed and cutting my mom wants to kill herself. and its hard cause im worrying bout everything... i need my baby back, i need everything to be perfect again. i need him to get his *** to Alta ( my school) . i know he isn't gonna cause he lives back in with his family and i know they wont allow that because i go there. but oh my gosh and i just want his *** to get on here, so i can ask him if its him. or his family. or ask him if i do good for like a week or something like he can talk to my mom if he wants to see how im doing, can we get back together he doesn't have to live with me i just want to know he is mine and we are together and everything like that cause my birthday is in 10 days and if he isn't there or me and him aren't together im not having a birthday party. and he went online just to change his facebook status to single and i know i have to give it time but i mean, i know his family they wont let him call me, or talk to me like last time. so even if he wanted to he cant, and my birthday is in 2 weeks and its gonna kill me if im not with him by then cause me and him had so much planned, and he was gonna ask me to marry him. PRETTY PLEASE DON'T SAY MOVE ON CAUSE I HAVE BEEN WITH HIM FOR A YEAR AND I LOVE HIM SO MUCH OR SAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU, CAUSE I'M TRYING TO HANG IN THERE AND GIVE IT TIME AND JUST BE HAPPY, BUT ITS SO HARD :( Ps: im 17, in case you wanted to know.and how can i get a hold of him to talk to him about all of this, he doesnt have a cell phone? so how would i talk to him about all of this? i know its in the gay section but im trying to get different points of view from people
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered - 2 Answers
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sorry but you have to get over it. btw this is gay section.
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First of all you should go to their house ring at the door and try to have a nice chat with his parents and ask them whats their problem. If that doesn't work try to talk to him. If they don't let you see him camp in front of their house. This will just show how much you love him and your willing to do. But, you shouldn't have come here searching for answers because it is in your head. Just follow your heart and think clearly. It is as simple as that. Cheers :D P.S. I am not gay.


Sunday, September 1, 2013

SPANISH HELPPPPPPPPPPP!?

SPANISH HELPPPPPPPPPPP!?
Does my spanish poem make sense? Need any revision? It's about me and this stuff was required but does it all make sense? What needs to be changed??? JESSICA[first name] Es la hija de Jack y Nadia[is the daughter of Jack and Nadia] Es alta, morena, tiene los ojos cafés y pelo largo[is tall, brunette, brown eyed and long haired] Es interesante, extrovertida, comica y divertida[is interesting, outgoing, funny and fun] Le gustan las pulseras porqe es la moda[she likes bracelets because it's the style] Le gusta tocar el guitara y escribir porque ella ama creatividad [she likes playing the guitar and writing because she loves creativity] Le choca la carne porque es grueso por consiguiente ella es un vegetarian[she hates meat because it's gross therefor she's a vegetarian] Le choca su pero porque es tonto[she hates her dog because he's dumb] Quiere nuevos amigos, dinero, y una fiesta[she wants new friends, money, and a party] Necisita un trabajo, un carro, y un bolso[she needs a job, a car, and a life.] Tiene 16 años[she's 16 years old] Vive en las afueras de Westland[she's from the suburbs of Westland] I bracketed what I think it translates to...
Languages - 3 Answers
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Very good - here's some minor corrections IN CAPS. JESSICA [first name] Es la hija de Jack y Nadia [is the daughter of Jack and Nadia] Es alta, morena, tiene los ojos cafés y pelo largo [is tall, brunette, brown eyed and long haired] Es interesante, extrovertida, comica y divertida [is interesting, outgoing, funny and fun] Le gustan las pulseras porqUe es la moda [she likes bracelets because it's the style] Le gusta tocar LA guitara y escribir porque ella ama LA creatividad [she likes playing the guitar and writing because she loves creativity] Le choca la carne porque es ASCEROSA por ESO ella es un vegetarian [she hates meat because it's gross therefor she's a vegetarian] Le choca su perRo porque es tonto [she hates her dog because he's dumb] Quiere nuevos amigos, dinero, y una fiesta [she wants new friends, money, and a party] NecEsita un trabajo, un carro, y unA VIDA [she needs a job, a car, and a life.] Tiene 16 años [she's 16 years old] Vive en las afueras de Westland [she's from the suburbs of Westland]
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Es la hija de Jack y Nadia Es alta, morena, tiene ojos cafés y pelo largo Es interesante, extrovertida, comica y divertida Le gustan las pulseras PORQUE ESTAN DE moda Le gusta tocar LA guitaRRa y escribir porque ella ama LA creatividad La carne LE DA ASCO por consiguiente ella es unA vegetarianA DETESTA A su PERRO porque es tonto Quiere nuevos amigos, dinero y una fiesta NecEsita un trabajo, un carro y unA VIDA (bolso)[if you mean "a life" that means "una vida"; if you mean "a bag", that's un bolso] Tiene 16 años Vive en las afueras de Westland
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Just a couple of things: I think it's just a typo, but you misspelled porque in the fourth statement (the one about the bracelets). In the line after that, I think it would make more sense to say it like: Le gusta tocar la guitarra y escribir porque ella le encanta creatividad. Guitarra is feminine, so it needs to be preceded with la instead of el. Also, amar does mean love, but it refers to romantic love and isn't the right verb for your statement. Encantar also means love, and it fits better in this situation (this love refers to the love of things, like "I love those shoes!"). I added the "le" in front of encanta because it is reflexive (just like gustar). Dog is spelled "perro". (Pero means "but"). I might be rusty on my vocabulary, but I think bolso means bag (like a purse or something). If you meant to say life, I think it would be better to use "vida". "Vive en las afueras de Westland" means "She lives in the suburbs of Westland". If you want to say she is from ... you should say "Ella es de ...". However, the sentence makes sense (it just didn't fit your translation exactly). I don't see anything else. Nice work!