Well you would be better off quitting you would get more help and you wouldn't be killing yourself. Good luck though I tried and we were denied in the good old garden state. You basically have to be homeless to get any kind of assistance or help of any kind. The good old USofA. When will they ever figure out how much it costs to have a child on the autistic spectrum.... Most therapys aren't even paid all out of pocket. No wonder we are all broke on our ass. Hugs I could go on and on with this subject. Denise

I just am going to give you a ton of best wishes on this.
My son is 11 and we have not receieved any SSI or respite from the state, waiting list ya know...
anyways just call your advocate or go in the SSi office and you shall find out! I really hope it works for you!!!

I dont know the guide lines there, but they should be about the same everywhere.You cant exceed like $3000.00 amonth.They base the pay on your income.You should receive around $500.00 dollars a month.In Pa where I lived the rules were strict.You could only own 1 house, car, and no savings of $2000.00 in bank. You werent allowed a lot of things, but since I moved it pays for most our rent. We dont get food stamps because of the SSI which is stupid. Thats where all our money goes on food.Good luck its definitly worth calling about.I would call right away.

julie got it about right, you will get a medical card too, which is as good as gold for therapy. with what you said you do qualify, go apply asap, what he gets will be based on what you and/or your husband would get when you retire, not the full amount, but a portion. probably what julie said, somewhere between 450 and 600 a month. if nothing else it will pay the rent/house payment. good luck!

I have to agree with the other Gal's, you are working 2 jobs, just to pay for the services your son needs, yet you are so busy working that there is no time for you to implement these therapies in the home as well. I understand, for 3 years I had to work 2 jobs, and it was hell. I realized that Alex needed me at home and that what I was made working, cut his SSI down to nothing, he still got a medicaid card,but his SSI went up to $560.70 per month, and I needed to be home with him, even though most of the time Alex went to work with me @ 2nd job, I needed to be working with him, not working, big differrance in his outcome.

meant to say , his SSI went up after I quit my 2nd job, to $560.70 per month.

SSI is a sliding scale & the maximum is $623 per month.

Based on my interpretation of the reams of paper I received (I could be wrong) the formula is roughly **your monthly income minus $311 for each ineligible child & $934 for each parent, half of that figure is what you should have available for your disabled child. If the number is less than $623 you get the difference.**
Im sure the formula is much more complicated than that, it is the Government, but that should give you an idea. They also have limits on your assets that figure in there somewhere. One car & one home dont count.

Jonathan's on SSI, and he currently gets about $400 a month, but it fluxuates depending on if my husband had overtime or not. You have to send in paystubs at the end of every month, and they calculate how much you will get next month. It's a huge hassle with them though. They overpay us all the time, and then they say that we owe them more and more money. I really find it frustrating, and I would take him off of it and just go back to work, but then he can't get medicaid. (he only gets it now because he's disabled and on SSI) We cannot get my husband's insurance to cover Jonathan because of the autism diagnosis, so he has to have medicaid.
There's no way of knowing how much money you will get because it depends on your monthly income, and if every month is different, then so are your payments. Also, every state is different.
There are only 3 people in our family.

We don't qualify but from what I've seen with my best friend who's son is asperger's, she got benefits for him, but every time she turns around they want their money back. Duh!!! If she had the money to begin with she wouldn't need SSI. : (

Just this last week they reported that he "got married" in April and should repay them $7,000. Of course, it's a mistake. But, in the meantime, they just stop his payments in their tracks.

Too much hassle. From what I can tell, even though she needs the money from the SSI to take care of him, and get him Medicaid, she is often stressed beyond belief because of all of the stupidity.

I think they just keep making "mistakes" so that they can keep their jobs "fixing" them.

She's even talked to her congressman who was some help. But, after awhile, I think he thinks she is a lunatic. She's not. I've seen it for myself and it's quite unbelievable.

Maybe what they really want is for everybody to just go away!!! : (

Hugs,

gaylek11

depends on state you live in. If your spouse makes under lets say 2300 you should get full benifits, especially w/5 people in your home. I get SSI for my son full benifits and it at times changes depending on my husbands income. I also recive In Home Support Services income in my state. Should be in any sttae in the U.S. I get paid for staying home for my son to help him w/daily tasks that he can't do on his own. Doesn't affect S.S.I.

Wow, I have never heard of that!

I draw ssi for both of my boys, but the only reason I get a decent amount of money is because I have a total of 4 children including my boys,and I am separated from my spouse.
I live in Kentucky, I don't know if this really helps or not, each state is different. I would go ahead and try. The worst that can happen is they say no. Being the parent of an autistic child is about 3 jobs anyway. Good luck! I hope it works out for you!
Rachel

Rachel, you said, "Being the parent of an autistic child is about 3 jobs anyway."

Gayle says, "Ain't that the truth!!!"

Hugs,

gaylek11