If you’re ever dealing with social security you can see exactly what they’re looking at in their Program Operatiosn Manual… it’s online! click here for the table of contents for the disability section.
That page may be too nonspecific so here are the pages for a couple commonly needed topics:
“Substantial Gainful Activity” is code for how much you can earn and still be considered disabled. Here is the section describing this topic
There are a couple of ways you can reduce the money that social security considers income:
Here’s an overview of the programs: “Work Incentives”
Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWE) are things the you need, because of your disability, to be able to work. Click here to see info on this topic.
Here’s a little bit more detail on the “Subsidy and Special Conditions” which is essentially when they (SSA) ignores some of your income because your job duties have been modified to accommodate for your disability, this means you do a slightly different job /tasks than someone else with you same job title.
