Reply #4: That's pretty goddamned outrageous

[Orrex]

It's flatly inexcusable. They should have sent you periodic updates during the "decision period," if only to confirm that your claim was active.

For that matter, if there's a built-in delay of 120 days, why wouldn't they allow you to file four months prior to his 18th birthday?!? It's not as though he was suddenly going to become non-autistic!


I am endlessly disgusted by the many mechanisms by which incompetence and bureaucracy screw society's most vulnerable.


Did the guy give you any idea of what to expect when you call back on Monday? I would hope that they're expediting the process.

Did they give you any sort of confirmation slip when you spoke with them four months ago?


Outrageous!