I recently started the process of applying for social security disability. The people helping me navigate it (TG!) have me scheduled what they called a "functional assessment", and that it would take about an hour. I don't know what to expect! Trying to find info online was even more confusing, though I did seem to pick up that there are a number of different ones. And that no one agrees on anything, lol. Though the original reason for pursuing was mental (I've been fighting having to do it for years -- pride, stubbornness, denial, fear etc.), in the meanwhile, physical symptoms started their own set of problems in terms of work (getting old sucks!!!). There is more documentation on the mental end for sure. (But from what I understand, it will be approached from both angles…. to show a view of the "whole person" so to speak. (The physical is less well documented simply due to having had no insurance. Any money went to mental things as necessary priority.)

Anyhow. Does anyone have experience with such a thing? What kind of things did your "functional assessment" entail?

(It's just a part of the whole thing of course. Even my ex is submitting a written "report" to them, having witnessed many many many years first hand. That should be an interesting read. ) (No worries. We get along. No sniping, just truth.)