{"id":1633,"date":"2020-12-21T08:40:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T08:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=1633"},"modified":"2024-01-05T16:36:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:36:20","slug":"severe-disability-assistance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe Disability Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;557e4842-4fc2-416f-a04e-fbcf20070da9&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Severe Disability Assistance<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Overview<\/h2>\n<p>A Severe Disability Assistance may be awarded to a person with a physical disability who is sixteen (16) years of age and over that can be engaged in a gainful occupation.<\/p>\n<h2>What you\u2019ll get<\/h2>\n<p>The Severe Disability Assistance is paid every four (4) weeks in advance.<\/p>\n<p>Please click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mysocialsecurity.gov.mt\/BenefitPaymentRates.aspx?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> for a Schedule of Benefits Rates.<\/p>\n<h2>Eligibility<\/h2>\n<p>General eligibility criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The applicant is sixteen (16) years and over.<\/li>\n<li>An applicant can be gainfully occupied since eligibility for Severe Disability Assis.tance is not Capital Means tested. As from January 2022, the applicant is not weekly means tested. Thus both Capital and Weekly Means will not be taken into consideration<\/li>\n<li>The applicant has been suffering from the disability prior to reaching the age of sixty (60) years.<\/li>\n<li>A person who is already in receipt of the Severe Disability Assistance and is turning sixty (60) years of age will have the entitlement increased to the equivalent of the Age Pension rate.<\/li>\n<li>The provisions of Article 90 of the Social Security Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/legislation.mt\/eli\/cap\/318\/eng\/pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cap. 318.<\/a>) \u201cDuplicate Rights\u201d apply, wherein a beneficiary cannot be in receipt of two pensions; benefits; assistances or allowances concurrently but to the most beneficial pension; benefit; assistance or allowance.<\/li>\n<li>A Medical Board will decide whether the case falls within the medical parameters for payment of this assistance. An applicant who was eligible for the Disabled Child Allowance prior to turning 16 years of age may still be examined by a medical board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Documentation required<\/h2>\n<p>General documentation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Severe Disability Specialist Report which can be downloaded by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/socialsecurityforms.blob.core.windows.net\/aloaha\/Report%20- MedicalReportDisablementAssistanceEN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to apply<\/h2>\n<p>Fill in and submit the application <a href=\"https:\/\/eforms.gov.mt\/pdfforms.aspx?fid=ies037e&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Severe Disability AssistanceOverview A Severe Disability Assistance may be awarded to a person with a physical disability who is sixteen (16) years of age and over that can be engaged in a gainful occupation. What you\u2019ll get The Severe Disability Assistance is paid every four (4) weeks in advance. Please click\u00a0here for a Schedule of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":556,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Severe Disability Assistance - Social Security<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Severe Disability Assistance - Social Security\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Customer Care and Contact InformationDepartment of Social Security in Malta 38, Ordnance Street Valletta VLT 1021 Tel \u2013 Freephone 153 International Customers (+356) 21255153 (This is not a freephone number) Email - social.security@gov.mt Website - www.socialsecurity.gov.mt International Relations Unit in Malta 38, Ordnance Street Valletta VLT 1021 Tel \u2013 (+356) 25903420 Email - iru.dss@gov.mt Website [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Social Security\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-05T14:36:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/\",\"name\":\"Severe Disability Assistance - Social Security\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-21T08:40:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-05T14:36:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Information and Applications for Benefits and Services\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Non-Contributory Benefits\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Severe Disability Assistance\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/\",\"name\":\"Social Security\",\"description\":\"Social Security\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Severe Disability Assistance - Social Security","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Severe Disability Assistance - Social Security","og_description":"Customer Care and Contact InformationDepartment of Social Security in Malta 38, Ordnance Street Valletta VLT 1021 Tel \u2013 Freephone 153 International Customers (+356) 21255153 (This is not a freephone number) Email - social.security@gov.mt Website - www.socialsecurity.gov.mt International Relations Unit in Malta 38, Ordnance Street Valletta VLT 1021 Tel \u2013 (+356) 25903420 Email - iru.dss@gov.mt Website [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/","og_site_name":"Social Security","article_modified_time":"2024-01-05T14:36:20+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/","url":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/","name":"Severe Disability Assistance - Social Security","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-12-21T08:40:18+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-05T14:36:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/severe-disability-assistance\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Information and Applications for Benefits and Services","item":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Non-Contributory Benefits","item":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/en\/information-and-applications-for-benefits-and-services\/non-contributory-benefits\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Severe Disability Assistance"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/#website","url":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/","name":"Social Security","description":"Social Security","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210540,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1633\/revisions\/210540"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.gov.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}