Social Security Disability includes several types of provisions:

- Monthly cash benefits for a disabled worker
- Monthly cash benefits for the needy, blind, or disabled individuals
- The establishment of a period of disability for a disabled worker
- Monthly cash benefits for a disabled widow(er) or disabled surviving divorced spouse
- Monthly cash benefits for a disabled child
- Vocational rehabilitation services, employment services, or other support services
- Prescription drug benefit to a person entitled to hospital insurance or enrolled in supplementary medical insurance.