I'm a bit confused but I think you're saying he is sighted but she is blind. If that's the case, she's receiving the money, not him. The social security administration bases your monthly check amount off of past yearly wages. Similar to the ss checks people get when they turn 65. So it really depends on how much money she made in the past. She could also be getting ssi which is different and can be lower. This is given when people are very low income but it's not based off past wages. It's hard to give advice without knowing thier personal situation.

Here's some info that's helpful and pretty straight forward. https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10052.pdf

Honestly I’m surprised that he’s getting that much? In most states, being blind isn’t instant disability. It’s considered a “working” disability. Meaning that you can work with that disability because there are jobs that you can do. (Ex: factory work, farm work, teaching jobs and so on). Now actually getting hired is a whole other thing of course.

There’s also the fact that they’re married! Most disabled people get instantly disqualified due to that. Which is another reason why I’m so surprised there’s any money at all.

Most disability caps out at around 1.2K a month but can go up to 2K in special cases (mainly ones such as CP or full body disabilities). You also cannot have more than 2K a month period and that includes any roll over that you didn’t spend + savings. And if you go over that, oops sorry!! Fraud now and all your money is now being investigated.

Honestly, I’d say leave it alone? Because there’s a chance that it could be lowered if the disability office knew that you were helping them out with anything related to money. It’s also extremely hard to get it and often takes a lawyer + several cases being filed for it to go through. If you think they’re having money issues, maybe see if they qualify for any public non cash aid (such as furniture donations or clothing aid). Food wise could be food stamps or pantries.

I hope this helps!!

Note: I currently live in NY but have lived in most southern states where I was denied due to above reason & have been through the whole application several times along with knowing other blind people / people on disability.

I make $1000 up in Washington. It's fucking pitiful how little we make on disability and if I didn't really need the insurance, I'd opt out.

That sounds about right, honestly... not in the moral sense, but in the "seems relatively normal" sense. It would be hard to say for certain without knowing the details of their finances.

If a blind person is living below the poverty level on SSDI, some states have programs that offer additional assistance.