Public Benefits

In many cases, the trustee of a special needs trust should hire a professional investment adviser. Here are some guidelines for hiring one.

A Washington, D.C., attorney has been arrested in Virginia and charged with felony fraud and with practicing law without a license after years of holding himself out as a special education expert.

Here's a brief overview of recent federal initiatives to help adults with special needs surmount employment obstacles and find meaningful work.

Hundreds of thousands of Social Security disability (SSD) claimants are waiting up to three years for a resolution of their disability appeals, and during the wait more and more claimants are losing their homes, filing for bankruptcy, or dying from...

President Obama has named Henry Claypool, Executive Vice-President of the American Association of People with Disabilities, as a member of the national Commission on Long-Term Care, giving disability advocates a voice on the panel that will recommend changes to the...

An added benefit to SSDI is health insurance coverage through Medicare. But there is a precarious two-year gap between receiving approval for disability benefits and becoming eligible for Medicare’s insurance coverage.

A bill that would allow retired military service members to name special needs trusts as beneficiaries of their Survivor Benefit Plans has been reintroduced in Congress.

People wishing to help someone with special needs save for their future without jeopardizing the recipient's public benefits can now do so using a "Gift of Independence" card.