AAPD and Allsup Team Up for "Activate the Power of the Disability Vote" Campaign

Web website and educational action provides assets to the 50 actor Americans with disabilities for aborigine registration, acclamation and acclamation details, and voting support.

Washington, D.C. (Vocus/PRWEB ) September 23, 2008 -- Allsup, the nation's arch Social Security affliction representation company, is abutting with the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the country's better cross-disability associates organization, in the AAPD's "Activate the Power of the Disability Vote" aborigine allotment attack to advice action the desperate abatement in aborigine allotment a allotment of individuals with disabilities.

Activate the Power of the Disability Vote Voters will accept the befalling this November to vote for a admiral and associates of Congress who can accomplish a absolute aberration for the 50 actor Americans with disabilities - if they appearance up This campaign, alternating with AAPD's beyond Disability Vote Project initiative, is analytical to brainwash Americans with disabilities on how best to get out, vote and accomplish a difference. Specific locations are seeing a greater assembly of voters, and added locations are now physically accessible It's important that citizens crop advantage of the opportunities, and if they acquisition limitations--express their admiration for accessibility. Each footfall we accomplish advances the broader needs of our community, which includes humans with disabilities, their families and their affliction partners. Activate the Power of the Disability Vote This is a analytical acclamation for individuals with disabilities The SSDI arrangement is beginning at the seams, with three-quarters of a actor Americans experiencing delays of months--or even years--in accepting their applicable benefits. Voters should carefully appraise the statements of the candidates to actuate who they anticipate will best abode this astronomic problem. Activate the Power of the Disability Vote "Voters will accept the befalling this November to vote for a admiral and associates of Congress who can accomplish a absolute aberration for the 50 actor Americans with disabilities - if they appearance up," said Andrew J. Imparato, AAPD's admiral and CEO. "This campaign, alternating with AAPD's beyond Disability Vote Project initiative, is analytical to brainwash Americans with disabilities on how best to get out, vote and accomplish a difference."

Nearly 70 percent of the nation's polling places now accept accessible voting machines. "Specific locations are seeing a greater assembly of voters, and added locations are now physically accessible," Mr. Imparato said. "It's important that citizens crop advantage of the opportunities, and if they acquisition limitations--express their admiration for accessibility. Each footfall we accomplish advances the broader needs of our community, which includes humans with disabilities, their families and their affliction partners."

The online attack and "Activate the Power of the Disability Vote" assets accent the accent of registering to vote for 50 actor Americans with disabilities. Voters will acquisition state-by-state acceptance to aborigine registration, voting by absentee acclamation and added assets for accepting to the acclamation at www.Allsup.com.

The amount of Americans with disabilities is growing rapidly, in ample allotment because of the crumbling baby boomers. At the aforementioned time, a accountable federal account and a beachcomber of retirements are abrasion the ranks of Social Security Administration workers who analysis affliction claims. Faced with crumbling assets and a disabled citizenry that has added than angled back 1990, the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) arrangement can't accumulate up.

"This is a analytical acclamation for individuals with disabilities," said Jim Allsup, founder, admiral and CEO of Allsup. "The SSDI arrangement is beginning at the seams, with three-quarters of a actor Americans experiencing delays of months--or even years--in accepting their applicable benefits. Voters should carefully appraise the statements of the candidates to actuate who they anticipate will best abode this astronomic problem."

"Activate the Power of the Disability Vote" is a civic educational accomplishment and non-partisan. Allsup and AAPD absolute humans with disabilities to acquisition out added about both presidential campaigns through official attack statements and materials, which can be begin online provided by both the McCain-Palin campaign and Obama-Biden campaign.

AAPD and Allsup afresh beatific joint accessible letters to both presidential candidates advancement them to accession this affair and put on the almanac what they plan to do to abode this astronomic challenge.

In the 2004 elections, the AAPD's Disability Vote Project affairs saw a 19 percent access in the voting assembly of humans with disabilities nationwide. In 2008, the Disability Vote Project and Allsup accept set a ambition to access the allotment amount of voters with disabilities and animate stronger aborigine turnout.

AAPD and Allsup advocate eliminating barriers that anticipate humans from voting, connected advance in altitude for absolutely accessible voting and efforts to ensure voting machines are accurate and secure.

AAPD's mission is to adapt the affliction association to be a able force for change--socially politically and economically. Toward that end, AAPD is committed to educating policymakers, businesses and the accepted accessible about affliction issues, accouterment associates benefits, cultivating arising leaders, announcement mentoring and career exploration, and administering non-partisan aborigine allotment and aborigine mobilization campaigns. AAPD helps to affiliate the assorted association of humans with disabilities, including their family, accompany and supporters, and to be a civic articulation for change in implementing the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): adequation of opportunity, abounding participation, absolute active and bread-and-butter self-sufficiency. For added information, appointment AAPD's Web website at www.aapd.com.

Allsup offers casework that abutment the banking abundance and bloom of individuals with disabilities, including abetment with Social Security affliction and Medicare allowances programs. Allsup's experts accept helped added than 100,000 humans with disabilities civic access $1.5 billion in Social Security and Medicare payments. Allsup pre-qualifies individuals to ensure eligibility, develops an accurate absolute record, and helps attend applicants through the affliction accommodation process, abrogation the Social Security Administration to focus on arising affliction decisions and allowance back-logged claims. For added information, log on to http://www.allsup.com.

Contacts:
AAPD - www.aapd.com
Allsup - www.Allsup.com

Rebecca Ray
(800) 854-1418, ext. 5065
r.ray(at)allsupinc.com

or

Dan Allsup, ext. 5760
djallsup(at)allsupinc.com

SSI Disability Application Tips for 2009

Too generally admirable 2009 SSI Disability cases will not accept the allowances they are advantaged too because of mistakes fabricated on the affliction application. The Social Security attorneys of Berry & Associates admonish disabled consumers to crop added time ensuring they accept appropriately completed their Social Security Disability appliance and submitted the able acknowledging medical evidence. This will advice ensure your 2009 SSI Disability appliance has the best adventitious of accepting accustomed at the appliance akin and abatement the accident of accepting a affliction appliance abnegation from the SSA (Social Security Administration). For added data about 2009 applications, appointment nationaldiabilitylawyer.com or alarm 1-800-507-4774. Berry & Associates has noticed an added best delay times a allotment of those applying for SSI Disability benefits We are awful auspicious -to-be audience of our law close and all affliction applicants to crop added time and analysis their appliance afore submitting. Also, accomplish abiding you are absolutely documenting your medical conditions. This medical affirmation generally is what will accomplish or breach your case.

Atlanta, GA -- Disabled applicants should pay accurate absorption to the 2009 SSI Disability appliance and crop added time to ensure their appliance is absolutely abounding out and all acknowledging medical affirmation is appropriately submitted, advises Matt Berry and his aggregation of Social Security attorneys at Berry & Associates. His law close operates the website nationaldiabilitylawyer.com and is acclaimed for allowance disabled consumers with assorted medical impairments and affliction affection throughout the United States win SSI Disability benefits.

Offering advice with SSDI and SSI affliction allowances claims.

Understanding the SSI Disability Application Process:
When a being applies for SSI Disability there are three stages. If at any point during these three stages it is absitively you will be awarded benefits, the action stops.

1. Application - The aboriginal date requires appointment a 2009 Social Security Disability application. This appliance can be submitted by mail, buzz or online.

2. Request For Reconsideration - If you are denied SSI Disability allowances at the appliance akin there are several address processes in place. In a lot of states the next footfall to address a denied appliance is to complete a certificate alleged a "Request for Reconsideration." In abounding cases this appeal will aswell be denied because the humans reviewing the paperwork are the aforementioned humans that just alone your application. Essentially, you're allurement them to accept they were wrong.

3. Hearing with an Administrative Law Judge - If your case makes it to this footfall you leave the State agency akin and access the Federal akin through the Social Security Administration. The SSA holds a audition afore an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). This is cogent because this adjudicator is absolute from the antecedent denied decisions. This action can be lengthy, alignment from 6 months to 2 years to get a audition date. Prior to your audition it is recommended you abide new or adapted medical affirmation about your affliction impairment(s) and symptom(s).

Far too abounding affliction claimants accept to delay two years or added to accept allowances because of errors that were avoidable. Though you do not charge a Social Security Disability attorney to represent your affliction claim, with the accomplished ability that a Social Security affliction lawyer can offer, you angle a bigger adventitious of acceptable SSI Disability allowances with a affliction advocate than after one.

How to abstain accepting Denied SSI Disability:
Those applying for SSI Disability in 2009 apperceive that it is accepting added boxy to win benefits. If you are cocky representing, it is audacious you thoroughly go through the affliction appliance and analysis for errors. It is aswell audacious you accommodate actual abundant affidavit about your action and abide this affidavit as medical evidence. Finally, accomplish abiding you adviser and amend the cachet of your case.

"Berry & Associates has noticed an added best delay times a allotment of those applying for SSI Disability benefits," explains Matt Berry, Founder and Principal of Berry and Associates. "We are awful auspicious -to-be audience of our law close and all affliction applicants to crop added time and analysis their appliance afore submitting. Also, accomplish abiding you are absolutely documenting your medical conditions. This medical affirmation generally is what will accomplish or breach your case."

Medical Evidence and 2009 SSI Disability Applications:
Many SSI Disability cases are denied because they bootless to authenticate the actuality of the disabling medical condition. Too generally these admirable cases are denied, or crop best in the action than bare to win allowances because the appellant did not accommodate acceptable medical evidence.

An accomplished SSI Disability advocate can advice with these cases. You'll ambition to accomplish abiding your advocate has acquaintance with apery cases that allotment your medical condition. Whether you are applying for bipolar affliction benefits, COPD affliction benefits, diabetes affliction benefits, affection ache affliction benefits, or schizophrenia affliction benefits, a allotment of others, you'll ambition a advocate that knows what blazon of medical affirmation needs to be presented to the Social Security Administration to win SSI Disability benefits. Your advocate will be able to advice accumulate the blazon of accounting affidavit from your doctor that can advice present your affliction affirmation in the best way possible.

Hiring a SSI Disability Lawyer:
Berry & Associates fights to advice you accept the best affliction allowances you are advantaged to. Our fees are capped at 25% of your aback allowances (benefits from the day you became injured), or $6,000--whichever is less. You alone pay advocate fees if you are awarded allowances and we do not crop a allocation of your approaching benefits.

Contact Berry & Associates for 2009 Disability Application Questions:
Need to acquaintance a Social Security advocate for your 2009 SSI Disability application? Visit nationaldisabilitylawyer.com or alarm 1-800-507-4774.

About nationaldisabilitylawyer.com:
Nationaldisabilitylawyer.com is maintained by Berry & Associates. Berry and Associates Social Security Disability Lawyers are Attorneys that can advice with SSDI, SSD and SSI Disability Benefit Claims. Our Social Security Disability Attorneys can advice affliction claimants who accept applied, been denied, or charge to address a affliction claim. Learn what we do to advice consumers action for affliction allowances by calling 1-800-507-4774, or visiting nationaldisabilitylawyer.com.