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Can You Work While Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits?
You can make a small amount of income while collecting disability benefits, but how much depends on whether you get SSDI or SSI benefits.
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Social Security Disability Trial Work Period, EPE, and Expedited Reinstatement
Several Social Security programs allow SSDI beneficiaries to try returning to work without jeopardizing their entitlement to Social Security disability benefits.
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Expedited Reinstatement After Your Disability Benefits Were Terminated
If you stop working anytime within five years of when your disability benefits stopped, you may be able to get your benefits restarted without reapplying.
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Can I Do Volunteer Work and Continue to Get Disability Benefits?
Doing volunteer work can be considered substantial gainful activity, which could cause your Social Security disability benefits to terminate.
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Can I Start a Small Business and Still Receive Social Security Disability Benefits?
Social Security has detailed rules on how much you can work for yourself or earn from your business while still collecting Social Security disability benefits.
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Can I Work After Waiting a Year for a Social Security Disability Decision?
You can sometimes appeal a denial of SSDI benefits even if you have returned to work at the time of the denial if you are within a “trial work period.”
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What Are the Rules for Working While on Social Security Disability?
In certain circumstances, working is not against Social Security's rules.
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Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions
Nolo's book covers survivors benefits, disability benefits, and spousal retirement benefits, and how the three are intertwined.
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Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability
Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability includes information about Social Security benefits for the dependents and survivors of persons with disabilities.