Special Needs News

The risks of designing your own special needs plan, without the guidance of a professional, far outweigh the potential rewards of cutting costs. Here’s what’s at stake.

The Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority in banning electric shock devices to curb self-harm and aggressive behavior among students with disabilities, a federal court has [...]

Pandemic-related financial assistance will no longer affect an individual’s eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or their benefit amount, the Social Security Administration (SSA) [...]

The appeals process after being denied Social Security disabilities benefits is a long and winding road, but worth navigating. Here’s what is involved, at every level.

Is your family prepared for nature’s wrath and other disasters? A new guide has useful tips on how to make sure people with [...]

An exception to the SECURE Act's otherwise stringent rules about distributions from inherited IRAs potentially changes longstanding advice about leaving retirement funds to a special needs [...]

Pending federal legislation could provide vital funds to states for home and community-based services for people with disabilities, offering hope and relief to hundreds of thousands of [...]

Hundreds of families learned the hard way that when acquiring a service dog, you’d better be sure you’re getting what you paid for.

Britney Spears’s struggle to regain control over her business and personal life shines a spotlight on legal guardianship.

The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act would raise payments to the federal poverty level and adjust income and asset constraints that are denying benefits to legions of people with [...]