Ask the Experts: What Happens to Social Security Disability Benefits at Retirement?

Q. My husband receives Social Security disability benefits. Will those benefits stop when he reaches his full retirement age of 66 and receives his Social Security retirement benefits?

A. At full retirement age, nothing will change except that Social Security will begin referring to your husband’s disability benefits as retirement benefits. But the payment will stay the same. To learn more, go to the Social Security Administration online.

Carole Fleck is a senior editor at the AARP Bulletin.