A bill recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would give people under age 55 access to a program that now helps nursing home-eligible seniors remain in their homes far longer than they might otherwise be able to do.
The short answer is yes, but the longer answer is more complicated. Car ownership in the context of someone with special needs is not a simple proposition.
After two years of almost complete inaction, the current U.S. Congress is considering several bills benefiting people with special needs.
A new book of essays, Identity, Self, and the World: Learning from Adults with Developmental Disabilities, distills what author David Wizansky has learned over 30 years of running group homes for people with special needs.
The House of Representatives approved the ABLE Act on December 3 and action is needed to ensure that the Senate passes the bill as early as next week.
Many insurance companies are routinely denying doctor requests that patients receive coverage for inpatient psychiatric treatment, sometimes with disastrous consequences, according to a recent investigative report by the CBS News show 60 Minutes. ...
Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) introduced the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2013, a bill that would allow people with disabilities to create first-party special needs trusts to hold their assets without interfering with their access to Supplemental Security Income...
In one of its first acts of the new Congress, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives changed its rules to prevent lawmakers from shifting money from the Social Security retirement trust fund to the Social Security disability trust fund unless the...
The Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act gives some people with disabilities or their families the ability to establish tax-free savings accounts, but they may not be for everyone. Here are some pros and cons of these new accounts...
