Disability Tips » MS http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com Published by the Stasiuk Firm PC Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:27:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Video: What is MS? http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/11/video-what-is-ms/ http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/11/video-what-is-ms/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:00:42 +0000 Tomasz Stasiuk http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/?p=648 I have seen doctors describe Multiple Sclerosis, but I do not think I have see a better, clearer, (and even humorous) description than this video by teslagirlM.  

]]> http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/11/video-what-is-ms/feed/ 0 Multiple Sclerosis – Faces of MS http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/10/video-multiple-sclerosis-faces-of-ms/ http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/10/video-multiple-sclerosis-faces-of-ms/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:00:00 +0000 Tomasz Stasiuk http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/?p=646

]]> http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/10/video-multiple-sclerosis-faces-of-ms/feed/ 0 Video: Living with MS http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/02/living-with-ms/ http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/02/living-with-ms/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:24:56 +0000 Tomasz Stasiuk http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/02/05/living-with-ms/ Great video showing what it is like to live with MS:

]]> http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/02/living-with-ms/feed/ 0 MS and Social Security Disability http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/01/ms-and-social-security-disability/ http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/01/ms-and-social-security-disability/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:50:42 +0000 Tomasz Stasiuk http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/01/24/ms-and-social-security-disability/ FreedomBob Kraft’s P.I.S.S.D. site discusses the difficulties faced by individuals with MS when trying to obtain Social Security disability benefits:

MS can be hard for doctors to diagnose. Its symptoms can include fatigue, pain, cognitive problems like memory loss, weakness, blurred vision, dizziness, and bladder or bowel problems. A person with Multiple Sclerosis will often look just fine. That is why, in the context of a Social Security Disability hearing, it is so important to have an attorney to represent you and demonstrate to the ALJ all objective and subjective evidence that should be put forward. Objective evidence of MS will include MRIs of the Brain and Spine, observations of your treating doctor, and often, results of a spinal tap. Subjective evidence of MS will include many of your activities of daily life and how MS has forced you to make changes.

Read the entire article here.

Creative Commons License photo credit: Dazzie D

]]> http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/01/ms-and-social-security-disability/feed/ 2 Video: What Is Multiple Sclerosis http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/01/what-is-multiple-sclerosis/ http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/01/what-is-multiple-sclerosis/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:20:10 +0000 Tomasz Stasiuk http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/01/18/what-is-multiple-sclerosis/ Excellent video from the National Sclerosis Society on the causes and effects of MS.

]]> http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/01/what-is-multiple-sclerosis/feed/ 0