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Policy and Practice Brief: The Transition from Disability Benefits to Retirement Benefits

Author
Benbow, John
Abstract
The transition from being considered a “person with a disability” to a “retired individual” is becoming an increasingly important issue worth more study. This brief focuses on this pivotal transition in a person’s life and discusses issues for BPA&O and PABSS practitioners.
Date Issued
2004-04-01Subject
age; aging; Baby Boomer; bar; barrier; barriers; benefits; blocks; developmental disabled; disabilities; disability; Disability Benefits and Work; EDIcat3-DBW; disability policy; Disability Programs; disable; disabled; disablement; disabling; earnings; elder; employ; employing; employment; Federal Insurance Contributions Act; FICA; Guiding Principles; handicap; handicapped; heal; impairment; impediments; Insurance; learning disability; limitation; limitation; long term disability; maternity leave; mature; mental handicap; mental retardation; OASDI; obstacles; Old Age; Survivors and Disability; Old Age; Survivors; and Disability Insurance; older; paternity leave; physical disability; policies; policy; procedures; public policy; public programs; recuperate; regulation; rehabilitate; rehabilitated; rehabilitating; rehabilitation; rehabilitative; retirement; rules; self-employment; short term disability; social security; Social Security; Social Security Disability Insurance; special need; SSDI; SSDI; SSI; statute; Supplemental Security Income; therapy; treatment; vocational rehabilitation; work
Type
article
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