Special Needs News

Through its “Build Your Future” online tool, The Arc's Center for Future Planning helps adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities and their families plan ahead so they [...]

A trustee's level of involvement in the beneficiary's affairs can be confusing for beneficiaries and families, who may be under the impression that the trustee has the decision-making power in [...]

The Kentucky attorney who called himself “Mr. Social Security” pleaded guilty to working with doctors and an administrative law judge to procure $550 million in Social Security [...]

The experience of being the sibling of someone with special needs is often overlooked.  To help fill this void, a New Jersey teenager has created a 20-page comic book that presents six [...]

Parents of students with disabilities may be rethinking their child’s educational plan after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of a child with autism and attention [...]

At a recent webinar, members of the Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP) discussed the possible impact on people with special needs of legislation crafted by House Republicans to replace [...]

The family of a girl with cerebral palsy may sue her former school district for refusing to allow her service dog in school, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. 

Four nationally known elder law attorneys will present a free webinar on the new legislative and legal landscape followiing the election of President Trump and identify [...]

Many attorneys create trusts, and some even create special needs trusts, often using pre-written templates.  So why do you really need an attorney whose practice focuses on special needs [...]

Many attorneys create trusts, and some even create special needs trusts, often using pre-written templates.  So why do you really need an attorney whose practice focuses on special needs [...]