Abernathy Disability Law, LLC

November 21, 2017

Prescription Medications, Access to Medical Care

Prescription Drug Assistance

by Jim Abernathy

The Area Agency on Aging of West Alabama offers a program called "SenioRx."  Initially, the program was available only to people above 55 years old.  However, the program has been expanded to include people at any age who have a disability and have either been approved by Social Security or who have applied for disability and are awaiting a decision, or who have a doctors declaration of disability.  

The statewide Area Agency on Aging may be contacted at 1-800-243-5463.  Ask about the SenioRx program.

If you live in Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Pickens, or Tuscaloosa county, you may contact the West Alabama office directly at 205-333-2990 to ask about the SenioRx program.

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November 13, 2017

Intellectual Impairments, Social Security Disability

Why IQ Test Scores and School Records Might Be Important In Disability Cases

by Jim Abernathy

For purposes of disability under Social Security and SSI, physical and mental impairments, in combination, are taken into account.  An "Intellectual Disorder" is a type of mental impairment that can result in disability if it is severe enough and if there is the right kind of documentation of it.

The most common way of establishing that an intellectual disorder is disabling is to show that it meets criteria known as "Listing 12.05."  There are two different methods for determining whether an intellectual disorder meets this Listing.

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