Posts in 2021

Jun 24 Cities Try to Make 911 a Safe Number to Call for Mental Health Emergencies

To protect and serve is a familiar police department mission statement, but when officers respond to mental crisis calls, too ...

Jun 18 Bill Reintroduced to Greatly Expand Eligibility for ABLE Accounts

More than six million people whose disabilities arose later in life will be able to open ABLE savings accounts if a bill just ...

Jun 08 Does Your Child’s Special Needs Trust Need a Tune-Up? Probably.

Remember how satisfying it was setting up a trust for your child with special needs? You named a trustee and a successor trustee, ...

May 27 Congress Eliminates SSDI Waiting Period for People with ALS

When the Social Security Administration (SSA) approves applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, it ...

May 18 People with Disabilities are Still Being Largely Ignored in State COVID-19 Vaccine Priority Lists

People with developmental disabilities are more than three times more likely than their peers to die from COVID-19. Despite this, ...

May 10 An ABLE Account Could Be a Great Place for Your $1,400 Relief Payment

President Biden has signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law. Among its benefits are $1,400 checks that are already ...