Guide to HIV/AIDS-Related Social Security Benefits Now Available

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has available "Social Security Benefits for People Living with HIV/AIDS," a booklet to help people living with HIV/AIDS apply for SSA benefits. The booklet describes how people living with HIV/AIDS can apply for benefits under two SSA programs:

• Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

The new booklet also covers the topics such as

• Benefits You May Be Able to Get
• What We Mean by Disabled
• How to File for Benefits
• What We Will Ask
• How We Make a Decision on Your Claim
• How You Can Help Speed up Your Claim
• What We Are Doing to Help You Get Benefits Faster
• What Will Happen If You Go Back to Work

You may also visit the SSA publications web page at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/englist.html.

Or contact the SSA publication office:
   410-965-2039/p
   410-965-2037/f
   e-mail: OPLM.OSWM.RPT.Orders@ssa.gov.

The document may be downloaded from the SSA Publications website www.socialsecurity.gov/about.htm. Click on "Benefits Publications."

Requests for printed copies of this and other SSA publications may be submitted to:
   Social Security Administration
   Office of Supply and Warehouse Management
   Attention: Requisition and Quality Control Team
   239 Supply Building
   6301 Security Boulevard
   Baltimore, MD 21235