Health Care

Academy of Special Needs Planners co-founder Diedre Wachbrit's article "9 Costly Mistakes to Avoid in Planning for Your Special Needs Child" appears in the March 30, 2007, edition of the US Autism & Asperger Association's Weekly News.

In existence for less than a year, the Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP) has already become the largest membership organization of special needs planning attorneys in the country.

A guide provides a way for the parents or guardians of children with special needs to map out in detail who their child is and the care he or she should receive.

At some point in life, almost any parent of a child with special needs will at least consider the possibility of hiring someone to provide in-home care. Lisa Lieberman's book A "Stranger" Among Us offers a range of advice for...

The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 finally went into effect this year, and it promises to dramatically alter the way people with mental illness receive and pay for treatment.

A Senate bill, passed in November, would establish a system for training and supporting caregivers of injured veterans.

An amendment to health care reform legislation would offer people with special needs greater access to in-home attendant services.

In many cases, employees must pay for much-needed care for a dependent relative so that they can continue to work. If this situation sounds familiar, you may qualify for a little-known, but significant tax benefit.

Called "the most important new antidiscrimination law in two decades," the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) began to take effect on November 21, 2009.