by Special Needs Law Group | May 22, 2019 | Announcements
It is with such sadness that we announce to our clients and friends that Heather Pyne is leaving Special Needs Law Group to start a new adventure! For almost five years Heather has been an integral part of our SNLG family and was the first point of contact for many of...
by Special Needs Law Group | May 10, 2019 | Announcements
Annette Hines As another Mother’s Day approaches, I am so mindful of my grief and the grief of other mother’s whose child will not be with them on this day. For me, my daughter Elizabeth is not here. It booms and thunders within me. I look up at my treasures in...
by Special Needs Law Group | Feb 5, 2019 | General Interest
I ran across an article yesterday that, as a lawyer, I found particularly compelling. A young woman with autism is about to graduate from the highly ranked Marshall–Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary. Perhaps most of our special needs kids aren’t...
by Special Needs Law Group | Jan 28, 2019 | Current Affairs, Special Needs Planning
On Friday, January 25, 2019, the President signed into law the IMPROVE Act (H.R. 7217), which among other things extends the Medicaid Money Follows the Person (MFP) program for three months. Three months may not seem like much, but here is the larger story. Since...
by Special Needs Law Group | Jan 23, 2019 | General Interest
New options for video game hardware and software to expand accessibility are on the rise.For example, a student at the University of Central Interactive Entertainment Academy, Aaron Cendan, created a video game controller using buttons rather than a joystick to...
