Does this qualify for SSI?

[kaycw]

My son (19) has applied for SSI.

He was born without his right hand. He was a great kid, until he became a teen, and for the past two years has been "on his own". He's gotten into drugs, broken the law and been in jail. He met a fellow in jail, like himself without a right hand... and the guy told him to get SSI!
Son has inquired and is planning on applying for it - as I see it, he's looking for a "FREE RIDE".
Now, granted he IS without a hand, but let me tell you he can do ANYTHING anyone else can do. He did have a prosthesis when he was little, and we never treated him as "disabled or handicapped".
He tells us he'll get over a $1000 a month AND money for college. He's a HS dropout too. A real disapointment all around. A real example of what drugs CAN do to ruin a persons life. He want no help... he's sure anticipating this free ride.

Tell me this is not so... benefits for someone like him! ?????

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[pretty_kitty]

Stranger things have happened. My father who is healthy as anyone else, but has an alcohol habbit gets ssi, but myself, whom he has permanently damaged does not. I am blind in one eye, have cerebral palsy, seizures, and clinical depression.
Go figure, it happens.

[PEANUTS]

My nephew, who lost just his fingers in an on the job accident gets SSI and he,s 35 and only worked about a year in his life before the accident!! I think he draws over $800 a month.

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