ABLE Accounts Still Slow to Gain Traction

Only a small fraction of those eligible for new savings accounts for people with disabilities are using them, according to disability advocates.  If participation doesn’t pick up – either through better promotion or Congressional action, or both – some of these...

Social Security Disability Benefits: An Overview

By: Andy Jones For more than half a century, Social Security disability benefits have served as a lifeline for millions of people with special needs. In fact, Social Security offers two distinctly separate disability benefit programs — each serving nearly 10...

NAELA Praises House Passage of Bill to Ensure Access to Home Care

WASHINGTON (PRWEB) JUNE 19, 2019 The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) praises House passage of H.R. 3253, the Empowering Beneficiaries, Ensuring Access, and Strengthening Accountability Act of 2019, introduced by Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brett...

Executor of Estate Can Deduct Care Expenses from Sale of House

A New Jersey appeals court holds that an executor has submitted sufficient evidence of expenses incurred in taking care of his mother, brother, and his brother’s house to deduct those expenses from the sale of the house. In the Matter of the Estate of...

Online Resources for the Autism Community

https://www.aacap.org/aacap/families_and_youth/resource_centers/autism_resource_center/home.aspx https://www.justgreatlawyers.com/students-with-autism http://www.autismsupportnetwork.com/resources https://www.thezebra.com/traveling-autism/...