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Working with Disability Benefits in Oregon

Understanding how work affects your eligibility for disability programs is tough. Just learning the names of all the programs is a challenge, and the rules are complex.

WorkBenefits.org is an easy and free way to shed light on your transition to work. And it's private!

Person with a disability

WorkBenefits.org offers three ways to explore a return to work. Click on a box below to begin your exploration:

Terminology Wizard GO!

For once and for all learn the difference between SSDI and SSI, Medicare and Medicaid, IRWEs and BWEs, and much more. You'll also find answers to common questions and links to other useful websites.

Modeling Success GO!

Here you can see how people like you used incentives to make a successful transition to work. All you do is select one of the profiles listed, and WorkBenefits.org will guide you from there!

Personal Work Explorer GO!

Once you know the programs, you can build and save your own case history on WorkBenefits.org. Then you can see how you would fare under different job options. If you have no particular job in mind, you can make one up. Full time or part time? Summers only? Big raises or small. You make the call.