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Show Disabled Children May Receive S S Benefits , Thousands of disabled children chil-dren 18 years of age or older, who could not heretofore qualify may now receive monthly social security checks. Monthly benefits first became payable to disabled children in January 1957. Under the law at that time, it was necessary to show proof that the disabled child was receiving at least 503 of hs support from the parent on whose social security record the benefits were being ci aimed. The 1958 amendment to the So rial Security Act removed, to a large degree, the requirement! Chat the disabled child produce evidence of this 50 support. Effective with September 1958, a disabled child will be assumed, as-sumed, in most Instances, to have been dependent on his parent for support. As a result of this change, many .disabled children who were denied benefits prior to September 1958' may now become be-come entitled to monthly payments. pay-ments. To qualify, the child must be so disabled, mentally or physically, physi-cally, as to be unable to per, form substantial painful work and must have become disabled before his 18th birthday. These benefits are payable to the disabled children of old-age Insurance beneficiaries, disability disabili-ty insurance beneficiaries, and deceased workers who worked long enough under social security securi-ty to become Insured for the payment of survivors benefits. These benefits are not paid automatically. An application for benefits must be filed with the social security office before payments pay-ments may be received. A representative of the Social Security Adlmlnstratlon will be In Cedar City at Utah State Employment Em-ployment Service on April 21 from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. |