The title says it all.
I don’t think so, per http://www.ssa.gov/r&m2.htm you have to be at least 62 to start drawing any benefits. Terry Schiavo is 41 years old.
If she payed enough into the system, she may be elegible for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income
My 35 year old, old best friend rakes in about 800 a month from SSI, plus full medical coverage, plus monetary and medical benefits for his four kids from three mothers. All this while working under the table when he wants to.
See his drug problem made him a little crazy so he has a hard time keeping a real job, so now his mom keeps him while we keep his kids and support his drug habits. kind of pisses you off in case you can’t tell to come home from working all day and he is just waking up to start his nightly routine.
On the other hand my Father died when my sister and I were young 12 and 13 and SSI although not much, probably made the difference between eating or not and maintaining a roof over our heads; I have no idea how my Mother did it.
Didn’t mean to rank in GQ but my point is SSI is available before 62, two cases in point. One used and one abused.
My 11 y.o. child draws survivor benefits due to her mothers death.
I stand corrected. I don’t think that Schiavo would qualify for survivor’s benefits (her parents are obviously still alive), under what circumstances can you start receiving SSI prior to the normal retirement age?
Read the link that Fear Itself posted. The part that starts off with “Benefits For People With Disabilities”.