SSD Experts Resource Center

While medical advances have dramatically improved the prognosis for people living with HIV, many individuals with HIV/AIDS still experience disabling symptoms, serious complications, and treatment…

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Sleep apnea is a common condition in which breathing repeatedly stops during sleep, causing dangerous drops in oxygen levels and severely disrupted rest. While many…

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Obesity is a complex medical condition that can cause serious physical limitations on its own — and even more significant impairments when it coexists with…

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Peripheral neuropathy — damage to the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord — can cause debilitating pain, numbness, weakness, and loss of coordination that…

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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a complex condition caused by a sudden blow or jolt to the head that disrupts normal brain function. TBI ranges…

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Epilepsy and other seizure disorders can be profoundly disabling conditions that prevent people from safely performing many types of work. The unpredictability of seizures creates…

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Crohn’s disease and other forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) — including ulcerative colitis — are chronic, often debilitating conditions that can significantly impair a…

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), commonly called lupus, is a chronic autoimmune disease that can affect virtually every organ system in the body. Its unpredictable flare…

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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, often progressive neurological disease that affects the central nervous system and can cause a wide range of debilitating symptoms.…

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A cancer diagnosis is life-changing, and for many patients, it makes working impossible — either due to the disease itself or the side effects of…

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