
People line up outside the Social Security Administration office in in San Francisco, Calif., on Feb. 2, 2005. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) has removed a Carter-era rule that makes lacking proficiency in English a factor when determining who qualifies to receive federal disability benefits.
The new SSA regulation, “Removing the Inability to Communicate in English as an Education Category,” updates a disability rule that remained unchanged since it was first introduced in 1978.