Sometimes individuals who are older, such as older than age 65, might not be able to continue working, but they don’t want to start collecting full Social Security retirement benefits yet. In those cases, that individual might be able to get disability benefits. You cannot collect both Social Security retirement and disability at the same time, but you can still apply for disability benefits. Since the onset of your disability might have been when you were younger, there’s a possiblity you could receive past benefits. The best thing is to do is call us so we can take the sum of your information and give you better insight.