People with disabilities should have the right to marry without losing their income, benefits, or he

People with disabilities should have the right to marry without losing their income, benefits, or health insurance. In many countries, including the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, people with disabilities are discouraged from getting married or are pushed to divorce in order to get or maintain their income, benefits, and health insurance. In the United States specifically, it’s because benefits such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid are needs-based and focus on current assets and income. When someone marries someone not in those programs, their partner’s assets and income are combined with theirs. It is because of the combined income that many married people with disabilities lose their SSI and Medicaid benefits. For people with disabilities who are already married, many have been forced to divorce and live separately in order to keep benefits that they need to survive. People with disabilities shouldn’t be forced to choose between the benefits they need to survive and their partners. - - NOTE: the SSI Restoration Act of 2021 is supposed to shift this issue in long-overdue ways. https://justiceinaging.org/congress-introduces-the-ssi-restoration-act-of-2021/ #disability #disabilityawareness #disabled #wheelchair #inclusion #wheelchairlife #autism #chronicillness #specialneeds #accessibility #spoonie #chronicpain #autismawareness #love #invisibleillness #disabilityadvocate #cerebralpalsy #disabilityrights #spinalcordinjury #mentalhealth #covid #disabilities #handicap #wheelchairgirl #downsyndrome #disabilitypride #anxiety #abilitynotdisability #disabilityinclusion #ssirestorationact (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ9UcZGrGze/?utm_medium=tumblr -- source link

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