As a result, your financial situation may be deteriorating while you must devote your energy towards medical care and health. As a result, you may be concerned about your child's future financial stability when you can no longer support him or her. You may be eligible for Social Security disability benefits. Medicare coverage is available after two years of disability, and additional benefits may be paid to your immediate family members. Medicaid eligibility begins immediately for SSI recipients.
Many people receive benefits under both programs.
SSI benefits are also available to children with disabilities whose families meet the income and resource limits discussed below. These Social Security disability benefits are called Disabled Adult Child's benefits and are intended to support a disabled individual. In general, workers are covered if they have worked at least five out of the 10 years just before the disability began. The rules are different for workers under age 30. A person s wage history will determine their monthly benefit amount.