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Requirements are pretty low for SSDI:

"If you become disabled when you are 31 or older, you must have worked at least 5 of the last 10 years to pass the recent work test. Put another way, you will need to have earned 20 credits (one quarter of work equals one credit) in the 10 years immediately before you became disabled.

If you become disabled when you are between 24 and 31, you must have worked at least half the time since turning 21. For example, if you become disabled at age 29, you must have worked at least four years out of the last eight years (or have earned 16 credits in the last eight years). If you become disabled when you are 27, you must have worked at least three years out of the last six years (or have earned 12 credits in the last six years).

If you become disabled when you are under 24, you must have worked at least one and a half years in the three-year period before disability (or have earned 6 credits in the last three years).

There is an exception to these rules for certain blind applicants"