Disability Issues

Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs), like advance directives for health care, let a person with a mental illness lay out in advance the mental health care they want during a crisis that may require hospitalization.

Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs), like advance directives for health care, let a person with a mental illness lay out in advance the mental health care they want during a crisis that may require hospitalization.

New family-friendly guidelines offer advice and important recommendations to a large (but largely under-the-radar) population: adults with Down syndrome.

Many relatives or caretakers of loved ones living with a disability may at some point need to be able to exert more control over their family member's personal affairs.

As of mid-July, a new three-digit federal phone number, 988, is available to offer confidential, emergency support 24 hours a day, seven days a week for individuals experiencing mental health crises and emotional distress...

At-home COVID tests designed to be more accessible to people who are blind or have low vision are now available for free.

An important piece in special needs planning is determining where your loved one will live - and how to cover the cost.

An independent watchdog agency will be launching an investigation after more than 100 individuals who were mistakenly issued disability benefits ended up facing unprecedented fines from a federal program accusing them of fraud.

Medicaid’s Home and Community-Based Services program will not include housing that imposes restrictions on residents.