Special Needs News

Recently passed legislation giving disability advocates new tools to improve protections for Social Security disability beneficiaries for representative payees who abuse thier positition

Understanding what benefits might be available to your child or loved one with special needs can be confusing. Different benefits apply in different circumstances, and sometimes different [...]

Administrator-managed prepaid debit cards offer beneficiaries of special needs trusts greater independence, but up till now such cards existed in a regulatory gray area.

In an underreported case involving police violence, the state of California has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to a man with schizophrenia. The money will be placed in a special needs trust [...]

New charges against "Mr Social Security" to move forward, while thousands of former clients remain in limbo

To be eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), an applicant can have no more than $2,000 in assets.  However, not all assets count towards the $2,000 limit.

Under new Department of Labor regulations that go into effect April 2, workers filing for private disability benefits should have a more transparent and fairer appeals process.

Guardianship hearings are typically little more than a formality for parents of children with special needs who cannot live independently once they reach age 18.  But this was not the [...]

The president of a medical bill management firm offers helpful hints on managing medical bills and health insurance claims paperwork.

More state Medicaid agencies are shifting to managed care models to provide long-term care services, sparking a backlash from disability and elder rights advocates, particularly in Iowa [...]