My son has a speech disabilty /commincation disorder would this qualiflfy for ssi?

Question

my son has has a serve to moderate speech problem for 4 years now /the only problem is they changed his iep from deleopmental delayed to communication disorder and plus he was held back last year he is up for a ssi review does he have a chance of keeping his benefits

Answer 1

Who did the testing for DD?..If you disagree with this you can have him tested by someone else.  Also, since he has a communication disorder and possibly DD,  has he been tested for autism spectrum disorder.  (I worked with this population for 20 yrs.)  I would think that his benefits/or losing them would depend on how severe his disability is at the present time.  Obviously your income is low enough to get him a check because if your income was too high he would NOT qualify for a check regardless of his disability unless he was an adult.

And please be as involved as you can to ensure that your son has the best quality of life possible.  A lot of parents sit back and expect others to do everything but we as parents of kids with disabilities need to do our part.  GL and god bless.

Answer 2

once you are getting services - the benchmark is not as high if he has a continuing need.  In other words - the early help may have assited him but if he still has needs - he could continue to get speech services.  It is possible that as he has grown - there are other issue now too but that would need to be evaluated by a school team.