> A local administrative law judge makes a determination that you are "disabled", you are placed on SSDI and cannot work without losing it. It's not easy to ge

> A local administrative law judge makes a determination that you are "disabled", you are placed on SSDI and cannot work without losing it. It's not easy to get SSDI, it requires many requests, hearings before judges, and lots of forms. However, I agree that once you get it, you're basically trapped within it. There's definitely room for improvement (e.g., if you have SSDI and a job, some progressively increasing percentage of your income is subtracted from your SSDI benefits).