hi bruce if you think the u.s. ssa is in need of change then you should do what you can to effect that change the ontario disability support plan has been changed recently to separate it from general welfare assistance and to clarify and professionalize the adjudication process which decides which applicants are qualified and, yowza, to treat disablies as humans the horror stories of ssa arrogance and ignorance are not dissimilar to horror stories about the u.s. internal revenue service and look what's finally happening there! what is it about your opinions that our sibling thinks is 'jerk'-ish? is this what you wanted help on with the archives? i'd be happy to do the digging for you, if you like. you cyber-sibling in searching janet janet paterson - 51/10 - almonte/ontario/canada http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/ [log in to unmask]