A little blog where I explore social security disability
Social security disability is known as SSD and Supplemental Security Income is known as SSI. In reality, the only concept these two programs have in common is that they were both created for people with disabilities. Supplemental Security Income is for those disabled persons who have either never been employed and earned money, or have not been employed enough total time to make them eligible for Social Security Disability. This would include children, stay at home parents or spouses, or younger individuals that worked but did not pay enough into Social Security in the last 5 to 10 years to be eligible for SSD before they became disabled. SSI also is income based, so if you are married and your spouse makes too much money for the Social Security guidelines you could be denied even if you are disabled.