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Why Create A Special Needs Trust Before Your Child Turns 18?
Special needs trusts are tremendously versatile instruments that can do much more than simply protect a person's access to government benefits. There are several reasons why parents don't have to wait until their child turns 18 to create a special needs trust for the child's benefit.
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Push Towards Community Care Approaches a Crossroads
Ten years after a landmark Supreme Court ruling granted people with disabilities greater access to care outside of institutional settings, hundreds of thousands of people who could live happy, productive lives in their communities still find themselves trapped in nursing homes and state hospitals as funding for community care dries up.
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Parents & Families
Among the many challenges facing parents of children with special needs is planning for the time when the parents will no longer be around to act as the primary care givers. In many cases, expenses will increase when care, management and guidance - previously provided by parents - must instead be obtained from a professional for a fee. Planning by parents can make all the difference in the life of the child with special needs, as well as in that of his or her siblings who may be left with the responsibility for care taking (on top of their own careers and caring for their own families and, possibly, ailing parents). And while every family's situation is unique, the purpose of this site, sponsored by the Academy of Special Needs Planners, is to provide a general overview of strategies parents and others can use to plan for their own futures and for those of family members with special needs.
- Why Create A Special Needs Trust Before Your Child Turns 18?
- Push Towards Community Care Approaches a Crossroads
- Supreme Court Rules School System Must Pay for Private Special Ed of Child Who Did Not Try Public Option First
- BOOK REVIEW: Estate Planning for People with a Chronic Condition or Disability
- Adult Children With Disabilities Can Qualify For Benefits on Parents' Work Records
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Attorney Spotlight
H. Todd Whatley
I have offices in Bryant (Central Arkansas) and Springdale (Northwest Arkansas) to help better serve people throughout Arkansas. I was a Physical Therapist for 13 years prior to becoming an Attorney. I have dealt with those with disabilities for
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