Tag: disability benefit

Portrait of mother embracing her daughter with special needs

Retired parents who have a child with a disability say the income they and their children receive from Social Security is critical to their survival. Yet, for some, it still falls short of what they need after years of financial struggles, career tradeoffs, and premature retirements stemming from years of caregiving.  Without Social Security’s monthly…

Older A worker with scanner in a factory maintaining stocks of finished products on the shelves in a storeroom.

For obvious reasons, people who do physically demanding work are prone to injuring themselves on the job and are more likely than office workers to apply for federal disability benefits. But is technology changing this relationship? We know technology has caused a decline in manual labor, and the blue-collar jobs that remain are also easier…