Takeaways Disruptions in autism therapy are stressful, especially when your child depends on routine and consistent support. If your child’s applied behavior analysis (ABA) provider is no longer enrolled in Medicaid, stops accepting your Medicaid
Takeaways Over the past decade, diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have climbed sharply. Among 8-year-olds, the rate rose to one in 31 by 2022, compared with one in 150 in 2000. This surge has driven demand
Takeaways If you (or your child) are about to receive a personal injury settlement and you also receive or may need Medicaid or Supplemental Security Income (SSI), you should assume one thing until a professional confirms otherwise:
Takeaways A child with a disability whose parent becomes disabled, retires, or dies, may qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits on the parents’ work record. When those benefits are paid to an adult child
Takeaways Why Housing Creates Benefit Problems — and Why ABLE Is Different Housing is often the single biggest barrier to independence for eligible individuals with disabilities who rely on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid. Even when families
UTMA Accounts: A Problem for Individuals With Disabilities Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts are popular, inexpensive tools for gifting assets to children. Grandparents, parents, and other relatives often use them to set aside
Takeaways Many people who rely on intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) services are not receiving the level of service they should receive. In part, experts say this is because for the past several years private equity firms
Takeaways In 2014, the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act established tax-advantaged savings accounts for people with disabilities to cover qualified disability-related expenses. With an ABLE account, eligible people with disabilities can put aside
Takeaways The Challenge of Needs-Based Benefits More than one in three people with disabilities rely on Medicaid, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Jointly funded by states and the federal government, Medicaid is a public assistance program that
Takeaways The Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, enacted in 2014, revolutionized financial planning for people with disabilities by allowing them to save money in tax-advantaged accounts without jeopardizing their eligibility for critical public benefits
