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When Parents Undermine Each Other, Kids Lose Apr. 28, 2025
Dear Annie: I read with interest your response to the mother whose spouse undermines her authority i... Read More
Every Passion Flower Starts With Purpose in Southeast Ohio Apr. 25, 2025
When Patty Mitchell wanted to design a product around the abilities of special needs workers, the re... Read More
Disabled Veteran Feeling Failed and Forgotten Apr. 06, 2025
Dear Annie: I'm a 100% disabled veteran living in Alaska, and I feel completely defeated. For the la... Read More
Trump's Attack on the Department of Education, Explained Mar. 17, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
This week, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released a statement saying it would cut nearly 50%... Read More
Medicaid Helps Your Children in School Too. You Just Don't Realize It Mar. 14, 2025
In the search for waste, fraud and abuse, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Gover... Read More
Disabled Travelers Find Help on the Go Nov. 02, 2024
By Victor Block Betty Gordon and her husband, Don, were looking forward to a wide range of leisure a... Read More
Intellectually Disabled and on the Sex Offender Registry Nov. 16, 2023
When Adam Nesteikis was 25 years old, his friend told him to pull down his pants in front of a young... Read More
How Artificial Intelligence Might Prevent You From Getting Hired Aug. 28, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
If you applied for a new job in the last few years, chances are an artificial intelligence tool was ... Read More
Hotel Accessibility Reaches the Supreme Court Aug. 21, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
As a wheelchair user with multiple disabilities, travel is unpredictable at best and completely inac... Read More
Going to the Top Is the Wrong Way Aug. 16, 2023
Let's say you own a Honda Civic and you've got a problem with it. Maybe it leaks oil, or maybe it ha... Read More
Commissioner Who? Aug. 09, 2023
For reasons that will become clear at the end of this column, I am updating another column I wrote a... Read More
History of Social Security Aug. 02, 2023
A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about the history of the Social Security number. I was surprised b... Read More
Yes, Rich People Should Get Social Security Jul. 26, 2023
I get lots of emails from readers expressing sentiments similar to what these guys recently sent me:... Read More
Benefits for Spouses Jul. 19, 2023
I think I get more questions about benefits for spouses than I do about any other kind of Social Sec... Read More
PTSD as in Physical Jul. 19, 2023
Post-traumatic stress disorder has long been considered a psychological illness, but a new study des... Read More
Ungrateful Greedy Geezers Jul. 12, 2023
Sometimes people bug me. Today I'm going to share some recent email exchanges I had with two people ... Read More
Customers Give SSA a Thumbs Up Jul. 05, 2023
Q: In a recent column, you highlighted some harsh words from a guy who was critical of the governmen... Read More
The Historic New Law Protecting Fairness for Pregnant Workers Jul. 03, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Last week marked a historic moment in the lives of our nation's pregnant workers: After more than a ... Read More
Maybe Social Security Is Just Another Tax We Pay Jun. 28, 2023
I've received a lot of emails recently from readers trying to calculate how much they paid in Social... Read More
Treated Like a Toddler Due to Illness Jun. 27, 2023
Dear Annie: I'm 42 and, due to having epilepsy, have never been able to live on my own, without my p... Read More
