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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.
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplementary Security Income (SSI) have different rules and program requirements. Social Security Disability Insurance For SSDI, you can only receive benefits if you cannot work a full time job, or enough to be considered substantial gainful activity ($1,180 per month, $1,970 if youâre blind). Therefore, most recipients receive SSDI in place of working. It is possible to work part time, but this can make it harder to prove you cannot work full time.