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This is an interesting question and a valid one to ask. If you search the internet for information on topics like social security disability, disability hearings, etc, you'll find accounts written by individuals who waited a year or longer to get to a disability hearing---only to find that the judge hearing their case was more intent on speaking condescendingly to them versus thoughtfully weighing the merits of their disability claim.
Why are disability judges so rude? There's no good answer for this, and, likewise, no excuse for such behavior. However, in all likelihood, judges develop their biases, in part, as a result of the many cases they hear. An administrative law judge hearing social security disability cases may hold between ten and twenty hearings per week. Over a number of years, that may translate into thousands of cases both heard and decided. By the time a disability judge has been on the job for ten years or longer, there probably isn't a scenario or situation they haven't been exposed to. Unfortunately, these scenarios and situations include the following: claimants not showing up at hearings; claimants showing up late for hearings (not a smart thing to do since judges usually have several hearings daily, all at SCHEDULED times); claimants showing up with no record of medical treatment for several months (understandable if the claimant no longer has health insurance)---the list goes on and on. As a result, some disability judges tend to become "jaded" over time and, perhaps, more responsive to what they may see as "red flags" regarding claimants (for instance, a claimant who is late for a disability hearing may inspire the judge to think to himself or herself "must not be that important if they can't show up on time"). However, does this justify rudeness on the part of an ALJ? No it doesn't. Nevertheless, a disability claimant who is intent on receiving full consideration from a disability judge would be wise to adhere to the following:
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