An adult whose disability began before age 22 may receive benefits on a parent's Social Security earnings record when the parent is retired, disabled, or deceased.
Adult with a qualifying early-onset disabilityParent, guardian, or representative helping a potential claimant
Entitlement facts
Benefit type
Government benefit. A government-funded or administered benefit, service, coverage program, assistance program, or public access route. Taxonomy definition →
What it unlocks
Monthly Social Security benefits and potential access to related health coverage under applicable waiting and eligibility rules.
Who qualifies
Adult with a qualifying early-onset disability; Parent, guardian, or representative helping a potential claimant
Requirements
The claimant must be age 18 or older, meet Social Security's adult disability standard, have a disability that began before age 22, and have an eligible parent earnings record. Marriage and work can affect eligibility.
How to activate
Contact Social Security or start the disability application process, identify the parent's record, and submit medical, work, age-of-onset, and relationship evidence.
Cost basis
No-cost access. The core benefit has no required payment, purchase, deposit, paid membership, or pre-existing paid-product relationship under the captured terms.
Cost and fees
No application fee. Medical evidence or representation may create costs, though representatives' fees require SSA authorization.
Geography
US, Eligible people abroad under program rules
Personalization
Published eligibility is not described as individually targeted.
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