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Originally Posted by Perna
See if this helps? http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-11125.pdf
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is Social Security and based on your work history and how much you have paid into Social Security from your payroll checks so you probably do not qualify. SSI is Supplemental Security Income and while administered by Social Security, the money comes from elsewhere. But there is only one form to fill out and they see if you qualify for either/any. |
It is based on how much you have paid in- the amount you receive in benefits.
Whether you qualify for SSDI at all is based on the number of work quarters you have gained over a certain period of time.
So even if you have had a spotty work history an individual may have still been able to gain enough work credits. A lot of people are still able to. Saying someone probably does not qualify on such limited information is really jumping the gun here.