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Appendix A Glossary of Key Terms Award: An administrative determination that an individual is eligible for a Supplemental Security Income benefit (SSA, 2014). Child: A blind or disabled individual who is neither married nor the head of household and who is (1) under age 18, or (2) under the age of 22 and a student regularly attending a school, college, or university or a course of vocational or technical training designed to prepare him or her for gainful employment. A child 18 or older is subject to the adult definition of dis- ability and is not subject to parental deeming (SSA, 2014). Continuing disability review (CDR): A review of the beneficiaryâs medical condition to determine whether there has been sufficient medical improve- ment so that the individual is no longer disabled or whether the individual has demonstrated the ability to engage in substantial gainful activity (SSA, 2006). Deeming: The process by which the Social Security Administration consid- ers the income and resources of an ineligible individual to be available to a recipient when determining eligibility or payment amount. Deeming applies only between ⢠the living-with ineligible spouse and the eligible spouse; ⢠the living-with ineligible parent(s) and eligible child(ren) under age 18; and ⢠the immigration sponsors of some noncitizens and the noncitizen(s) (SSA, 2014). 235
236 SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS IN CHILDREN Disability: For individuals aged 18 or older, the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physi- cal or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of at least 12 months. An individual under age 18 must have a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that results in marked and severe functional limitations and that can be expected to result in death or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of at least 12 months (SSA, 2014). Disability Determination Services (DDS): The state agency responsible for developing medical evidence and rendering the initial determination and re- consideration as to whether a claimant is disabled or a beneficiary continues to be disabled within the meaning of the law (SSA, 2006). Listing of Impairments: Issued by the Social Security Administration and used to identify medical conditions for purposes of determining disability. Also referred to as the Medical Listings (SSA, 2006). Recipient: A person who is receiving Supplemental Security Income pay- ments based on an evaluation of his or her countable income and resources, age, and disability status (SSA, 2014). Substantial gainful activity (SGA): The level of work activity used to estab- lish disability. A finding of disability requires that a person be unable to engage in SGA. A person who is not statutorily blind and is earning above the SGA level in 1 month (net of impairment-related work expenses) is ordinarily considered to be engaging in SGA. According to regulation, the Social Security Administration bases yearly increases in the SGA level on increases in the national average wage base (SSA, 2014). Suspension: Benefits are suspended for various reasons, including excess income for Supplemental Security Income recipients and work above the substantial gainful activity level for Social Security Disability Insurance ben- eficiaries, among others. Under benefit suspension, the individual remains eligible for the program but does not collect a cash benefit (SSA, 2006). Termination: For an individual, cessation of benefits, which can occur for a number of reasons, including death, medical improvement, or a period of suspension lasting longer than 12 months (SSA, 2014).
APPENDIX A 237 REFERENCES SSA (Social Security Administration). 2006. Trends in the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability programs. http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/disabil- ity_trends/trends.pdf (accessed June 10, 2015). SSA. 2014. Annual report of the Supplemental Security Income Program. http://ssa.gov/oact/ ssir/SSI14/ssi2014.pdf (accessed June 10, 2015).