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The amount of Social Security benefits you receive, both when disabled and when retired, is generally based on your average lifetime earnings. However, when you become blind, you can request a disability âfreeze.â This means that your benefits calculation can be frozen where it was prior to your blindness.
If you have received Social Security disability payments for two years, you may also be able to get Medicare. 1  Apply online by going to the Social Security website. 2  Call the toll free number, 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778).  Make an appointment to visit any Social Security office to apply in person.