Disability Issues

Individuals using professionals to help them with SSDI applications are likelier to succeed to access benefits, research shows.

Caregivers are facing financial, health care, and social challenges, according to Fidelity’s 2022 American Caregivers Study, which offers a snapshot of who caregivers are and the challenges they face.

On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and overturned Roe v. Wade. ...

The Senate has passed a bill intended to expand health care access and disability benefits for the roughly 3.5 million veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in the military.

Guardianship can be an important part of special needs planning. Children with disabilities who can’t manage personal and financial affairs may need guardians as adults but still retain many fundamental rights.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new Medicaid home health benefit designed for children with medically complex condition.

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.