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If the child is collecting Social Security Disability from the disabled parent's benefit, he or she may generally collect it until the age of 18. However, under current law, if the child remains a full-time student, benefits can continue until age 19.

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You don't. The whole idea behind SSD is that you have a disability preventing you from working (at least full time) so it provides an income. You may be thinking of sick pay which, if paid by the company, varies depending on your contract, however social security sick pay is always available if unpaid by company. (NB Both disability and sick pay claims MUST be backed up by medical certification).

The whole idea behind Social Security was originally to provide a slight safety net for those that failed to properly save, or those who savings were wiped out during the depression. The idea of living off of supplemental security, as it was called at first, was not the plan. ONLY those that worked for a certain number of years qualified for this money.

The system has degraded over the years to allow more and more "eligible" people to receive this money and attempt to "live" off of this money. The system requirements are now so different that it is possible to survive off of this income and it is possible to receive money even when you have never worked.

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A child who becomes disabled before age 22 can qualify for Social Security benefits under a parent's earnings record. Social Security continues to pay benefits until age 18 if he or she continues meeting childhood disability guidelines, and indefinitely as an adult-child as long as (s)he meets adult disability guidelines. Once an adult-child is capable of working, (s)he may receive benefits under his/her own earnings record or continue under the parent's record, whichever benefit is higher.

Children who receive benefits as dependents of a disabled parent are paid through the month prior to the month the child turns 18 or, if the child is still in high school or elementary school at that age, may continue receiving benefits beyond age 18 until the end of the school term or two months after his or her 19th birthday, whichever occurs first. SSA extensions are not automatic; the child's representative payee has to contact the Administration to request it.

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