by The Academy of Special Needs Planners | Dec 7, 2022 | News
Totten trusts, or payable-on-death bank accounts, are an estate planning tool that allows you to transfer money to a chosen person upon your death. When you make a Totten trust, you put funds into a revocable trust and designate a beneficiary to receive them. As the...
by The Academy of Special Needs Planners | Dec 6, 2022 | News
People with special needs often require housing that accommodates their lifestyle. In many cases, group living facilities are called for, with the group environment providing stability and support. But in other cases, a person with special needs needs a very specific...
by The Academy of Special Needs Planners | Dec 6, 2022 | News
Fifty years ago, most people with even moderate special needs were institutionalized throughout their adult lives. Now, thanks in part to societal changes and decades of litigation, most people with special needs, including those with very severe special needs, live...
by The Academy of Special Needs Planners | Dec 2, 2022 | News
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois affirms a decision by the Commissioner of Social Security denying Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to an applicant claiming a disability based on ADHD, depression, mood disorder, bipolar...
by The Academy of Special Needs Planners | Nov 22, 2022 | News
As the Carpenters sang many years ago, “Loneliness is such a sad affair.” In 2022, over two years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have learned much more about the effects of isolation…meaning loneliness makes life much harder. A recent...
by The Academy of Special Needs Planners | Nov 10, 2022 | News
Lois Curtis – known as “L.C.” in a historic disability rights case — has died. She passed away from cancer at her home in November 2022 at age 55. Curtis, who had intellectual and psychiatric impairments, was institutionalized from her teenage years into her early...
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