Stories From the Field
Our Disability Advocates Reveal Their Caring Spirit Through Volunteer Work
Every April, one week is set aside to celebrate volunteerism in America. Considering the advocacy work we do for people with disabilities, I thought it would be interesting to ask our disability advocates if they volunteer and why…
Read moreHow to Win a Social Security Disability Case –That’s the Challenge
I am an attorney at Freedom Disability. I know from my experience that every case I work on has a different set of unique circumstances influencing its outcome. Here are a few examples…
Read moreFormer Social Security Disability Examiner Gives Insight on How Disability Cases are Evaluated
I worked for ten years adjudicating disability claims for a DDS office. I know how the disablity approval system works…
Read moreI Help My Customers Get a Good Start to Winning Disability Benefits
I’ve learned from my 10-year caseworker experience in Social Services, and now as a Freedom Disability Advocate, that you just never know who may cross your path on any given day with health difficulties…
Read moreAdvocacy is Helping Others, and That’s What I Want to Do
My mom’s a nurse practitioner and my dad’s a teacher. I’ve grown up in an atmosphere of caring for others. In fact, my mom is a survivor of breast cancer so I know what it’s like to go through illness…
Read moreMy Husband’s Disability is Why I am a Freedom Disability Advocate Now
It took two and half years for my husband to get approved for disability benefits. This difficult experience got me thinking that there had to be a better way to help people get through the process…
Read moreI Chose to be a Social Security Disability Advocate Instead of an Attorney
If someone were to ask me what the advantage is of working with an accredited non-attorney versus a lawyer, I would say that disability advocacy is a specialty. I’m totally focused on what I do…
Read moreGet Prepared to Trust in Us for Disability Help
Freedom Disability helps people get disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. I am very proud to work for a company that has this awesome philosophy of wanting to help others…
Read moreMy Job Reminds Me of the Importance of Family
To me, being a mother is the best thing in the world. The next best thing is my job…
Read moreThe Sound of a Caring Voice
I like to help people. I really wanted to do something I felt was directly touching people’s lives…
Read moreMy First Hearing Bench Decision
I work on disability cases that have reached the hearing level of the appeals process. The first time I received a bench decision was at the Detroit hearing office for…
Read moreLook Past a Person’s Disability and Focus on their Capability
Let me begin by saying, I am disabled, not unable…
Read moreAnswering the Call to Help People with Disabilities
It’s sometimes hard to hear their stories. But I can’t let my emotions get in the way…
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