Special Needs News

My cousin has a special needs trust set up with funds from a home sale and a small amount of estate from her deceased father. She has special needs, is disabled, and receives Social [...]

An estimated 63 million Americans are serving as family caregivers. That is roughly one in four adults providing often unpaid care for a relative or friend with a disability, chronic [...]

The United States Supreme Court could soon give greater clarity to how intellectual disability is determined.

Starting January 1, 2026, the maximum age of disability onset for ABLE account eligibility will increase from 26 to 46 due to the ABLE Age Adjustment Act.

A slight raise in benefits payments is coming in 2026 for Americans who rely on Social Security disability benefits programs such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security [...]

Special needs trusts enable people with disabilities to receive financial support without losing eligibility for needs-based government benefits such as Medicaid and Supplemental [...]

ABLE accounts are tax-advantaged savings accounts that people with disabilities can use to cover qualified disability-related expenses.

Under a newly proposed rule, hundreds of thousands of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients, including many disabled adults and children, would have their benefits cut or lose [...]

Can an ABLE account be funded directly from an RMD account (i.e., direct deposit)?

Like Amber Alerts for children and Silver Alerts for older adults, Purple Alerts raise public awareness when an adult with a cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disability goes missing.