Kathleen M Flynn, LLC Social Security Disability Attorney

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DEKALB COUNTY, GA—DeKalb Emergency Management Agency issued a news release at 10:37 a.m. today, Sept. 30, stating that it is aware of numerous reports of air quality concerns in the county, following the Biolab chemical fire on Sunday, Sept. 29, at a laboratory in Conyers.

Currently, there are no advisories from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division for

DeKalb County concerning air quality.

DEMA and DeKalb County Fire Rescue are testing air quality throughout the day around the county and will issue advisories should they become necessary.

Residents are advised to call 311 to report any air quality concerns.

https://ocgnews.com/dekalb-county-is-testing-air-quality-after-biolab-chemical-fire-in-rockdale-county/

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DeKalb County is testing air quality after Biolab chemical fire in Rockdale County - On Common Ground News - 24/7 local news DEKALB COUNTY, GA--DeKalb Emergency Management Agency issued a news release at 10:37 a.m. today, Sept. 30, stating that it is aware of numerous reports of air quality concerns in the county, following the Biolab chemical fire on Sunday, Sept. 29, at a laboratory in Conyers. Currently, there are no a...

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Effective August 29, 2024, the Social Security Administration (SSA) made a change in how much Supplemental Security Income (SSI) back pay can be released at one time. For anyone receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a fully favorable decision from Disability Adjudication Services (DAS) or the Office of Hearings Operations (OHO), is a tremendous relief. By the time the Social Security Administration’s DAS, called DDS in other states, has rendered a fully favorable SSI, SSDI, also called DIB or DAC decision, clients have accumulated debt. To relieve their financial burdens, claimants need SSI back pay, which could be a large sum of money, released as soon as possible. https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/reference.nsf/links/08292024081246PM

Once you are found medically disabled, the SSA District Office and/or Field Office will conduct a financial interview, called a PERC, for any SSI claim. SSA breaks the SSI back pay into 3 installments 6 months apart unless you meet the following requirements: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0502101020

There will not be any SSI installments and all of the SSI backpay must be released under these circumstances:

1. “You a medical condition which is expected to result in death within 12 months

2. You are no longer eligible for SSI and are determined likely to remain ineligible for the next 12 months”

Prior to 8/29/24, you could get a higher SSI installment payment by providing documentation of your debts and expenses. For example, if your mortgage or rent was past due, you had to provide written documentation detailing how much you owe. Providing documentation resulted in longer delays in processing. Moreover, written documentation could be lost by SSA. Documentation also increased SSA overheard according to NOSSCR www.nosscr.org. However, with this new update, you just need to allege a debt or expense to get a higher first SSI installment payment.

SSA considers the following “debts and expenses”: food, clothing, shelter/utilities (including expenses necessary to provide a place to live, such as rent, mortgage payments, property insurance, property tax, and utilities such as gas, electric, heating fuel, water, sewer, and garbage); medically necessary services, supplies, equipment determined on a case by case basis, medicine, a car, a phone, and a computer.

For child SSI cases, the parent has to set up a dedicated account which is a separate bank account opened for a disabled child under 18 who is eligible for large past-due SSI payments. However, because of restrictions, SSI installment payments to dedicated accounts are only increased for debts or expense related to: medical treatment, education or job skills training or if the following are related to your mental or physical impairments: housing modification, medically necessary supplies/equipment, personal needs assistance, therapy, and rehabilitation.

Significantly, SSA will not increase the first SSI installment payment for expenses that are going to be reimbursed by any public assistance program. For example, in Atlanta, homeless clients have received general assistance which is a monthly payment based upon a physician or psychiatrist completing a form stating that he/she is unable to work.

Our social security disability law firm can assist you or your child with filing a SSI or SSDI (DIB) application, request for reconsideration, request for hearing, request for review before the Office of Appellate Operations or US District Court case. Our disability lawyers also file appeals for service connected veterans benefits. Please visit our website at www.kathleenflynnlaw.com/we-care or call our disability lawyers and staff at 404-479-4431 to learn how you can receive SSI, SSDI, DIB, DAC and veteran's benefits.

The 3 Unhealthiest Foods That Burden Your Liver

1. Fried Takeout Foods
2. Liquid Sugars
3. Seed Oil Dressings and Mayonnaise

Your liver keeps your hormones and cholesterol levels in check as it filters toxins, like alcohol and chemicals, including medications, from the blood. When the toxin load exceeds what the liver can handle, it accumulates as excess fat in the cells.

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Our social security disability law firm can assist you or your child with filing a SSI or SSDI application, request for reconsideration, request for hearing, request for review before the Appeals Council or a US District Court case. Please visit our website atwww.kathleenflynnlaw.com/we-care or call our disability lawyers and staff at 404-479-4431 to learn how you can receive SSI, SSDI (DIB) and veteran's benefits. .

The 3 Unhealthiest Foods That Burden Your Liver Opt for healthier menu items and processed foods by steering clear of the top three ingredients known to harm liver function.

Outrunning Depression: The Science Behind Exercise as a Potent Antidepressant

In a world where depression affects millions, a groundbreaking study has revealed a simple yet powerful solution that may be as close as your running shoes. Prepare to lace up and discover how exercise is proving to be a formidable contender in the fight against this debilitating mental health condition.

The Power of Movement: Exercise as a Depression-Buster

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal has shed light on the remarkable effectiveness of exercise in treating depression. Researchers analyzed data from over 14,000 individuals with major depressive disorder across 218 trials and found that engaging in activities like walking or jogging two to three times a week showed the best outcomes, with symptoms improving by an astonishing 63%. In comparison, antidepressants alone only yielded a 26% improvement.1

https://greenmedinfo.com/content/outrunning-depression-science-behind-exercise-potent-antidepressant

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Outrunning Depression: The Science Behind Exercise as a Potent Antidepressant () In a world where depression affects millions, a groundbreaking study has revealed a simple yet powerful solution that may be as close as your running shoes. Prepare to lace up and discover how exercise is proving to be a formidable contender in the fight against this debilitating mental health co...

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Understanding Depression
The many faces of depression — and how to find relief

Don’t struggle in silence! Discover the answers you’re looking for to help enjoy freedom from depression.

The vast majority of people who get proper treatment for depression actually do rebound. In a relatively short period of time, they’re taking pleasure in life again!

Harvard’s Understanding Depression Online Course is the reliable, go-to source for encouragement and practical advice to help you understand your illness and to discover the medications and therapy options to help you feel like yourself again.

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If you are a disabled adult, have a child who is disabled, or a veteran, call our disability lawyers and staff at 404-479-4431 or visit www.kathleenflynnlaw.com/we-care to file appeals for service connected veterans benefits or SSI/SSDI applications, requests for reconsideration, requests for hearing, requests for review of unfavorable ALJ decisions with Appeals Council briefs and to pursue cases in US District Court. ,

Understanding Depression - Harvard Health We all feel sadness at times, but depression is different.  It lasts.  It saps interest, steals energy, and seals you off.  But although depression may make hope hard to find, help is more available — and effective — than ever.

MNT Inside The Pharmacy: Type 2 Diabetes - Dietary Recommendations

Inside The Pharmacy: Dietary Recommendations for Type 2 Diabetes

Pharmacist Audrey Amos shares some dietary recommendations for people living with type 2 diabetes.

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If you are in need of social security disability benefits or service connected veteran's benefits, please visit our website atwww.kathleenflynnlaw.com/we-care or call our disability lawyers and staff at 404-479-4431 to learn how you can receive SSI, SSDI (DIB) and veteran's benefits.

Type 2 Diabetes Videos from MNT Facts, resources, and insights on Type 2 Diabetes for those living with it.

OPEN BORDERS HAVE CONSEQUENCES: IF YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE, YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT CONSEQUENCES! In 2022, "73,654 people died from a fentanyl overdose in the US (Source: “Are fentanyl overdose deaths rising in the US?” article, published September 27, 2023)." I live less than 10 minutes away from where this man was found dead. A Judge told me in 2023 that Fentanyl is decimating the community where he grew up. On Nextdoor: "A homeless man was found deceased 2 days ago laying covered with a blanket behind the Chevron gas station on Columbia Dr., presumably from drug overdose/fentanyl. Ya'll know that's a busy area. Some say he must have been dead for 2 days, and others say 4 days. His nickname was Ash, a sweet old man, light skinned, and a head full of hair. Despite his struggles with drugs and health, he always had the brightest smile and a pleasant attitude. The reason why I'm describing him is because when he was found, his skin was pitch black, his head swollen to the size of a watermelon and not one single hair on his head. In addition, he was laying there with his arm crossed over his head. Who dies like that?? And why is his skin pitch black only days later? And what happened to the hair? I dont know but the body doesn't decompose to that degree in only 2-4 days!! And why nobody checked on him or the back of the store in days?? Didn't they at least smell the rotten smell? I call foul play!!" https://lnkd.in/e5RgBEMM

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OPEN BORDERS HAVE CONSEQUENCES: IF YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE, YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT CONSEQUENCES! In 2022, "73,654 people died from a fentanyl overdose in the US (Source: “Are fentanyl overdose deaths rising in the US?” article, published September 27, 2023)." I live less than 10 minutes away from where this man was found dead. A Judge told me in 2023 that Fentanyl is decimating the community where he grew up. On Nextdoor: "A homeless man was found deceased 2 days ago laying covered with a blanket behind the Chevron gas station on Columbia Dr., presumably from drug overdose/fentanyl. Ya'll know that's a busy area. Some say he must have been dead for 2 days, and others say 4 days. His nickname was Ash, a sweet old man, light skinned, and a head full of hair. Despite his struggles with drugs and health, he always had the brightest smile and a pleasant attitude. The reason why I'm describing him is because when he was found, his skin was pitch black, his head swollen to the size of a watermelon and not one single hair on his head. In addition, he was laying there with his arm crossed over his head. Who dies like that?? And why is his skin pitch black only days later? And what happened to the hair? I dont know but the body doesn't decompose to that degree in only 2-4 days!! And why nobody checked on him or the back of the store in days?? Didn't they at least smell the rotten smell? I call faul play!!"

Gruesome photos reveal horrors of "zombie" drug fentanyl additive Xylazine—also known as "tranq"—is increasingly being mixed with illicit drugs such as fentanyl, contributing to a number of deaths.

From Elon Musk sharing a post. I have heard for years from the Homeless that they don't get the resources given to organizations. Even a shelter, gave employees the opportunity to chose from donated clothes first before the homeless. "The more that is spent, the worse it gets, because the money doesn’t go to the homeless, it goes to the hundreds of “charities” that then treat the homeless as sources of revenue.

The more homeless there are, the more money these organizations get, so their incentive is to increase, not decrease, homelessness!"
https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/04/california-homelessness-spending/

Whatever you incentivize will happen.https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1837902319008067940

California fails to track its homelessness spending or results, a new audit says There’s so little data available, it’s impossible to even tell if several of California’s largest homelessness programs are working.

Leadership, Empowerment, and Access Program (LEAP): Financial Literacy 101

Thursday, October 3, 2024
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Our finances play a large role in our lives and can actually impact our overall health. It is important to understand and to promote positive financial health to maintain overall wellness for ourselves and our futures. Financial Literacy 101 is part one to a two part series. In Financial Literacy 101, you will gain an understanding of financial wellness and the role it plays in our overall health, learn the appropriate language and tools necessary for short- and long-term financial goals, and identify strategies to promote financial success for you and your future.

This program is geared toward ages 16-26. Those over 26 are welcome to attend.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkcuCtqDspEt2oPQb-5MxEmGRmU_M5KV04 #/registration

If you are a disabled adult, have a child who is disabled, or a veteran, call our disability lawyers and staff at 404-479-4431 or visit www.kathleenflynnlaw.com/we-care to file appeals for service connected veterans benefits or SSI/SSDI applications, requests for reconsideration, requests for hearing, requests for review of unfavorable ALJ decisions with Appeals Council briefs and to pursue cases in US District Court. ,

dECOlonial Feelin

Thursday, September 19 – Saturday, September 21
Location: Clark Atlanta University, Emory University

The Virgin Islands Studies Collective, or VISCO for short, is a group of academics, artists, and activists who are committed to centering the Virgin Islands as a site of inquiry and theorization beyond a notion of utopia or space that is not meaningfully occupied. The VISCO team includes visual artist La Vaughn Belle, Dr. Tami Navarro of Drew University, Professor Tiphanie Yanique of Emory University, and Dr. Hadiya Sewer of the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI).

The dECOlonial Feelin Symposium, hosted by Emory University and Clark Atlanta University, will take place in Atlanta, GA, from September 19-21, 2024. Thursday and Saturday's activities will be held at Clark Atlanta University, and Friday's activities will be held at Emory University.

Expand the accordion below to learn more about the symposium schedule. Visit the button below to reserve your space.


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Identifying and Coping With a Passive-Aggressive Narcissist

A general definition of narcissism is excessive self-love. In psychology, narcissistic personality disorder can describe a person with an oversized sense of self-importance and entitlement, fantasies of power, inability to empathize with others, or indifference or rage when criticized.1

People with narcissistic personality disorder need attention or admiration and have trouble with interpersonal relationships.

A person with narcissistic traits who wants to be indirectly aggressive can use passive-aggressive behavior. For example, being falsely polite with underlying hostility or giving someone a “backhanded” compliment. These passive-aggressive behaviors can provoke others.

Someone who is passive-aggressive is not necessarily a narcissist. A person with narcissistic traits may use passive aggression as a tactic to manipulate others, but it’s not the only one. They will also have other signs of narcissism.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/passive-aggressive-narcissists-5443086

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How to Spot a Passive-Aggressive Narcissist Some people with narcissistic traits adopt passive-aggressive behaviors to get what they want and punish those around them. Learn how to recognize these individuals and cope.

IN THE PAST MONTH, I HAVE MET 2 HOMELESS CLIENTS WHO LOST FINGERS AND FEET IN THE PAST 2-3 YEARS BECAUSE THEY HAD TO SLEEP OUTSIDE IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN TENTS. WHY ARE THEY NOT GIVEN HOUSING AND CASH BENEFITS LIKE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS? One who just left my office told me that it took him a year to get into Covid-19 pandemic housing, but he was asked to leave the Ramada Hotel in January 2022 and had to sleep outdoors in below 30 degree temperatures. He lost all his toes on his right foot and a quarter of his left foot; his right foot is damaged as he can barely move his toes. He almost lost his fingers. When it is cold he has no feeling in his fingers.

Another lost both feet because he had to sleep outside in the winter in a tent as well. He had been hit by car while on Moped in 2019. No one helped him up, and he was hit again. He finally was approved for social security disability benefits, but his SSI application was filed in August 2020. He was denied and he filed a request for reconsideration that was just sitting at Disability Adjudication Services (DAS). When he came to the Law Office of Kathleen M Flynn, LLC, our disability attorney found it his case was never flagged homeless despite him living under a bridge!

A third homeless client, who is sleeping in her car, came to our office this week as well for assistance with a social security disability case. She explained being displaced from housing in Marietta and Buckhead as migrants were being housed where she was placed. A Homeless Advocate told our disability law firm that the homeless she has worked with have been removed from shelters/housing as well to make room for the migrants.

If you HOMELESS and are a disabled adult, child or vet, call our disability attorneys and staff at 404-479-4431 or visit www.kathleenflynnlaw.com/we-care to file appeals for service connected veterans benefits or SSI/SSDI applications, requests for reconsideration, requests for hearing, requests for review of unfavorable ALJ decisions with Appeals Council briefs and to pursue cases in US District Court

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Our social security disability law firm can assist you or your child with filing a SSI or SSDI application, request for reconsideration, request for hearing, request for review before the Appeals Council or a US District Court case. Please visit our website atwww.kathleenflynnlaw.com/we-care or call our disability lawyers and staff at 404-479-4431 to learn how you can receive SSI, SSDI (DIB) and veteran's benefits. .

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Can sleeping on your back increase your risk for Alzheimer’s disease?

Everyone has a favorite position in which they like to sleep. Some people sleep on their sides, which is known as a lateral recumbent position. Some sleep on their stomachs — called prone sleeping — while others sleep on their back, known as supine sleeping.
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Our social security disability law firm can assist you or your child with filing a SSI or SSDI application, request for reconsideration, request for hearing, request for review before the Appeals Council or a US District Court case. Please visit our website atwww.kathleenflynnlaw.com/we-care or call our disability lawyers and staff at 404-479-4431 to learn how you can receive SSI, SSDI (DIB) and veteran's benefits. .

Alzheimer's: Sleeping on your back for over 2 hours may increase risk A new study has found a possible link between supine sleep — or sleeping on one's back — and neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and dementia.