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The Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act gives some people with disabilities or their families the ability to establish tax-free savings accounts, but they may not be for [...]

The Arc, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious organizations serving people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, has issued a call for presenters for its 2016 National [...]

In a case argued by ASNP Advisory Board Member A. Frank Johns, a federal district court rules that the special needs trust of a now-deceased Medicaid beneficiary may owe the state only for [...]

Academy of Special Needs Planners co-founder Harry S. Margolis had the honor of being one of the first guests on a new podcast created by North Carolina elder law and special needs law [...]

The Social Security Administration recently issued an Emergency Message to all personnel requiring workers to specifically inform SSI applicants or beneficiaries of the reasons a special needs [...]

In most cases, people with disabilities have the capacity to create their own estate planning documents, and in some cases it is crucial that they do so.

SSDI payments, like old-age Social Security retirement benefits, can be taxed, depending on the SSDI beneficiary's other income. Because the rules governing the taxation of SSDI payments can [...]

Trustees of special needs trusts are frequently approached by family members of trust beneficiaries who would like to be paid as caregivers for the beneficiaries.  While the Social [...]

The Earned Income Tax Credit gives people with disabilities an incentive to file a tax return even if they are not required to do so.