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Disability Changes Benefit 2 Athletes
The article recounts how two athletes Maurice Stokes and Rico Carty benefited from Social Security disability reforms making eligibility easier for younger disabled workers. It notes Stokes recovery, Twyman fundraising, and the 1967 amendments lowering work requirements to qualify after as little as one and a half years of work. It also includes disabled servicemen like John J. Devine and Raymond Testa receiving benefits and SSA outreach to veterans.
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Martine
Segal
Maurice Stokes
St. Francis College
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati Royals
Stokes
Annals of Sports
Ete
Jack Twyman
Guardian
Twyman
Ohio
Rico Carty
Atlanta Braves
Carty
John J. Devine
Gerritsen Beach
N.Y
Devine
Raymond Testa
Bristol
Social Security Administration
SSA
Walter Reen Hospital