special SSI Supplemental Security Income. recipient A person who has been determined eligible for and is receiving benefits. Recipients include persons in cash cases where no payment is made because the minimum grant requirement is not met or there is a zero cash payment. status

A disabled Describes a person who (a) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more life activities (for example, caring for one’s self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, learning, or working); (b) has a record of an impairment (has a history of, or has been misclassified as, having a mental or physical impairment) that substantially limits one or more major life activities; or (c) is regarded as having an impairment. or blind person who is ineligible for SSI because of earnings from employment but who remains eligible for Medical Assistance and buy-in Payment of Medicare premiums by the Department for certain Medical Assistance and SSI recipients who are eligible for Medicare..