What Is Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits? 
If you are fortunate enough to be awarded `` disability status '' under Social Security your benefit amount is based on how long you have been paying into social security and will reflect what your `` retirement benefit '' would have been if you had contiued to be employable . Obviously you want to avoid having to be classified as `` disabled '' the younger you are because you will find it very difficult to be classified `` disabled '' and your benefit amount will be minimal 