Relatively Normal - S5 - Ep105 - Socially Secured with Spencer Bishins

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For many people who have mental health difficulties and struggle to work, Social Security disability benefits can be an enormous help. However, getting those benefits can often present a big hurdle to overcome. That is where my guest, Spencer Bishins, comes in. Bishins recently published a book about the Social Security Disability Process called “Social Security Disability Revealed: Why it’s so hard to access benefits and what you can do about it”.

After working for the Social Security Administration for 10 years, writing and reviewing thousands of disability decisions, he wanted to make the process easier for claimants and their families. The SSA disability process is intentionally confusing and the deck is stacked against claimants at every step of the process, especially those claimants with mental health struggles. This is why he wrote a plain language book with the hope that everyone can understand. His book can be found at www.bishinspublishing.com and hopefully, reading this book will demystify the complicated system for applicants, advocates, and policy makers, so they can understand how to improve the delivery of these vital public benefits.

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