| The U.S, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is one | | | | Once the child is approved it is worth the process. |
| benefit provided by the federal government for | | | | To begin with, parents will complete application |
| children under the age of 18 years old who meet | | | | paperwork for their child providing income and |
| qualification guidelines for disability, as well as disabled | | | | resource information. They will also need to furnish |
| people 19 years and older still depending on others | | | | medical information, names and contact information |
| for their care. SSI also supplies monthly payments to | | | | for all of the child's doctors, therapists and other |
| people with limited incomes who are over the age of | | | | medical providers. |
| 65, blind or disabled. For Down syndrome children and | | | | Nest, SSI administration looks over all of the medical |
| adults to qualify, they must have limited income and | | | | information and may request medical information |
| meet the definitions for disabled outlined by the | | | | from the medical care givers. If documentation |
| federal government. | | | | coverage is not decisive enough they could suggest |
| If the child is in a medical facility wherein health | | | | the parent take the child to a doctor selected by the |
| insurance reimburses the cost, any payments from | | | | SSI administration. Cases of Down syndrome are |
| SSI are limited. In order to qualify for SSI, a child's | | | | typically pretty straightforward in this regard. |
| condition must result in "marked and severe | | | | The government has decreed the down syndrome |
| functional limitations". SSI administrators will determine | | | | children are eligible for SSI immediately and are to |
| if you child qualifies. Remember, a slight impairment to | | | | receive monthly payments during the application |
| a parent may be quite severe to somebody else. | | | | process. |
| Application processes can be tedious and lengthy. | | | | |