Mar 6, 2020

New SSR On Education

     Social Security Ruling 20-01p will appear in the Federal Register on Monday. You can read it today. The obvious intent of the. Ruling is to make it really clear that Social Security won't consider inability to speak or read English in determining disability.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

It shouldn't be. You can learn to read and write English in less than 12 months at a functional level, and it doesn't end in death.

Anonymous said...

@10:22

That was never the issue. Inability to speak English is generally recognized to limit your ability to engage in work in the national economy. The inability to speak English was one factor, a factor which was NEVER determinative on its own, which SSA used as a shortcut to avoid paying a vocational expert. Now, SSA will have to pay for more experts and the cases which even involved the inability to speak English factor will still overwhelmingly be awarded, just now SSA will end up spending more on administrative costs.

Anonymous said...

Just a reminder. A number of people who do not read and write English are not immigrants. There remain Native Americans who do speak, read, or write English at any sort of functional level as well as a large population of Puerto Ricans, a number of whom have moved to the mainland in the wake of the hurricane leaving many without reliable basics.

Anonymous said...

@ 10:22

Maybe you could learn a new language in 12 months, and maybe I could. Unfortunately, many people applying for disability benefits have mental limitations and can't match your learning abilities. They can't learn complex and detailed tasks like a new language.

Anonymous said...

@2:59 then the condition causing the inability to learn English would be the primary and you are just piling on with something that wouldnt be a problem.

Anonymous said...

Doesnt really matter now that it has the weight of law and is gone. Like alcoholism, diabetes and being fat.

Anonymous said...

Just another Trump sneak attack on immigrants. He is shameless.