num_pages: 368
description: The Society Security disability program faces urgent more people receiving benefits than ever before, the prospect of even more claimants as baby boomers age, changing attitudes culminating in the Americans With Disabilities Act. Disability is now understood as a dynamic process, and Social Security must comprehend that process to plan adequately for the times ahead. The Dynamics of Disability provides expert analysis and recommendations in key This book provides a wealth of detail on the workings of the Social Security disability program, recent and emerging disability trends, issues and previous experience in researching disability, and more. It will be of primary interest to federal policy makers, the Congress, and researchers?and it will be useful to state disability officials, medical and rehabilitation professionals, and the disability community.
language: English
title: The Dynamics of Disability: Measuring and Monitoring Disability for Social Security Programs
titlecomplete: The Dynamics of Disability: Measuring and Monitoring Disability for Social Security Programs
publisher: National Academies Press