A MAJOR NEW CFIDS DISABILITY EVENT, THE PUBLICATION BY
MASS. CFIDS/FM OF THE ENTIRELY REVISED (2003), COMPREHENSIVE,
AND UPDATED DISABILITY HANDBOOK: HOW TO OBTAIN SOCIAL SECURITY
BENEFITS IF YOU HAVE CFIDS .
Mass. CFIDS/FM is proud to make our new Disability Handbook
available to persons with CFIDS (and FM) who are either
applying for or are already receiving Social Security Disability
or other forms of Disability Insurance. This booklet, last
revised in 1994, has been one of the most comprehensive,
practical, and helpful disability resources used by many
hundreds of CFIDS patients in their successful efforts to
obtain disability benefits.
This 2003 revision is doubled in size in order to provide
the latest information on the 1999 Social Security Administration
CFS Ruling and guidelines; new guidelines for physicians
on how to document a CFIDS disability; and appendices on
reviews, long-term disability insurance, appeals, and other
essential topics.
(Fibromyalgia patients by looking at this booklet will
also obtain a better grasp of the disability process.)
The information offered in this booklet is essential for
anyone with CFIDS who is applying for Social Security disability
benefits. The booklet was written with the assistance of
lawyers, doctors, and other disability experts.
We have posted the entire booklet on the website for ease
of availability for those with computers. Go to the Products
and Publications page [Click
Here] of this site and click on the Disability Handbook
to view either sectional or the entire contents of the booklet.
You might want to start with the Table of Contents.
The information in this booklet is invaluable to those
with CFIDS who cannot work and are seeking financial stability.
At the present time the booklet is available free from the
website. However, if you can afford it, we would appreciate
a free will donation of $10 or $20 since we as an organization
have expenses we must meet in order to make this booklet
available. Go to the donations page [Click
Here] to see how to make a donation.
The booklet is also available in paper copy for a price
yet to be determined. You can order a copy by going to the
Products and Publications page [Click
Here], or you can write to us at our mailing address.
As part of the Mass. CFIDS/FM services supplementing this
booklet is free consultation with our disability counselor.
Again use our e-mail contact [Click
Here] to access this service.
Again, we are proud to make this booklet available in order
to help those struggling to obtain or keep disability benefits.
