My cousin is 56 and her IQ is 75, she has not been able to get a job since 4/200!
Question:
My cousin is 56 and her IQ is 75, she has not been able to get a job since 4/2004, can she get disability?
Answers:
Definitely depends on where you live but there usually has to be something else wrong w/ her other than a borderline IQ in order for her not to be able to work. Social Security will gather medical records, etc., and see if she is able (physically / mentally) to work (and not just that she can't find a job, for example). She would have to be deemed disabled - meaning that medical reviewers would have to say that she is not able to work - for at least a year in order for her to get disability. I don't know what state you are in, but in GA, an IQ of 75 alone will not get a person approved for disability. There are always jobs in which a person with even a lower IQ can do and Social Security does not look at the market as a reason (i.e., hasn't been able to get a job) for not being able to work.
Best of luck, it's tough!!