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You must inform social security when you become employed. You can do this by calling your local ss office.

In order to stay on disability and NOT get put in the trial to work period you have to make under the limit that SS gives. It changes every year. Google the social security limit for 2018. Last year it was around $800/month. This is BEFORE TAXES are deducted from your pay check.

In order to do that, I worked 15ish hours a week at a low pay rate [close to min. Wage] to ensure I never made over their limit. I had to ask for lower hours a week than most people. There are a couple ways to do that without disclosing your illness.... I told them I am a college student and need to have time for homework and classes . However most jobs will ask you to disclose if you have a disability in the application, you can either say yes , no, or opt out of answering. The only reason they ask that is because businesses get tax credits for hiring disabled people. It has nothing to do with how you are treated [or shouldn't].

SS has a term called substantial gainful employment. This is how they determine if you are still disabled while working. Basically, if they think you are doing a job that doesn't match up with your disability claims, they will start a review of your disability . I was working as a cashier, and they never said anything about it

You must notify SS of your income every month. I did this by faxing my pay stubs to their office here.

If you go over the limit, you will lose your next disability check.

As you know you get reviews every few years .in these reviews , if you are working, you must tell them. They have a section where you can write accommodations you need at work. In mine I wrote that I work less hours a week, and work short shifts

Next post I will talk about the ticket to work program and how it works.