An answer to What makes you eligible for SSI? is that, you must meet one of these requirements: Be age 65 or older. Be totally or partially blind. Have a medical condition that keeps you from working and is expected to last at least one year or result in death.
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WHAT DOES “AGED” MEAN?
“Aged” means age 65 or older.
WHAT IS “BLINDNESS” FOR AN ADULT OR CHILD?
Blindness in our disability programs means:
If you have a visual impairment, but are not blind according to our rules as defined above, you may still be eligible for SSI benefits on the basis of disability. See the definitions of disability for children and adults below.
WHAT DOES “DISABLED” MEAN FOR A CHILD?
If you are under age 18 we may consider you “disabled” if you have a medically determinable physical or mental impairment, (including an emotional or learning problem) that:
If you are age 18 or older, the adult definition of disability explained below applies.
 | See SSI FOR CHILDREN and IF YOU ARE DISABLED OR BLIND for more information on the childhood disability evaluation. |