Achievements. 1  The 592 degrees awarded in 2014â15 is 86 percent more than a decade ago. 2  The median starting salary for College of Engineering graduates in 2015 was $61,000, near the national average.
What constitutes disability? For Social Security disability or SSI purposes, to be considered disabled, individuals must have an impairment, either medical, psychological, or psychiatric in nature, that keeps them from being able to do substantial gainful activity (SGA, discussed below).
Employees who have worked in jobs covered by Social Security and have a medical condition that. meets Social Security's definition of a disability are eligible for SSDI. An employee with young onset. dementia will be considered disabled if the employee cannot perform at the same working capacity. as the employee did before the illness, and Social Security decides that the employee cannot adjust to. other work because of a medical condition(s). The employeeâs disability must also be expected to last.