Health Care

A federal court in New York recently ruled that the state discriminated against people with mental illnesses by housing approximately 4,300 New York City residents in "adult homes."...

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...

A proposal to establish a new national long-term care insurance program for those with disabilities is under attack by the insurance industry.

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.

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

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.

Workers who must pay for the care of a dependent relative, including a child with special needs, so that they can continue to work can get a significant tax benefit under a little-known provision of the Internal Revenue Code, the...

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

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