Disability rights advocates and a bipartisan group of senators are calling for a delay in the rollout of a program requiring home health care workers to clock in electronically with Medicaid [...]
Three leading civil and disability rights groups are suing the U.S. Department of Education over changes to the way the Department handles claims of rights violations.
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 and the ability to get what they need more quickly. But up till now such cards [...]
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 [...]
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.
