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Special Needs Awareness Month Free Webinar Series

Special Needs Awareness Month Free Webinar Series

by Annette Hines | Oct 12, 2022 | Announcements, Education, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Special Needs Planning

October is Special Needs Awareness Month! To celebrate, Annette Hines hosted four webinars on important topics related to Special Needs Law. Following those events, she also aired Parenting Impossible Podcast episodes on three of the topics listed below. Click on the...
SSI Recipients Now Have A Longer Appeal Window

SSI Recipients Now Have A Longer Appeal Window

by Annette Hines | Dec 21, 2021 | Announcements, COVID-19, Social Security, Special Needs

People facing a reduction, suspension, or other change to their Supplemental Security Income (SSI) now have more time to file an appeal, in a concession by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to delays and difficulties wrought by the COVID-19 crisis. The October...
Lawsuit Claims Closing of SSA Field Offices Disrupted SSI Benefits

Lawsuit Claims Closing of SSA Field Offices Disrupted SSI Benefits

by Annette Hines | Nov 9, 2021 | Announcements, Social Security, Special Needs

Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) might describe it as an open-and-shut case. When the SSA closed its field offices at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it remained open for the purposes of denying benefits. But,...
2022 Social Security Disability Recipients to See Biggest Increase Since 1983

2022 Social Security Disability Recipients to See Biggest Increase Since 1983

by Annette Hines | Nov 2, 2021 | Announcements, Current Affairs, Social Security, Special Needs

The year was 1983: The U.S. invaded Granada. A gallon of gas cost 96 cents. Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video premiered. That year was also the last time that recipients of Social Security disability benefits saw a cost-of-living increase steeper than the...
New and Improved Tax Benefits for Parents of Children with Special Needs

New and Improved Tax Benefits for Parents of Children with Special Needs

by Annette Hines | Oct 26, 2021 | Announcements, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Special Needs Planning

Unique tax benefits are available to families who have children with special needs. And thanks to recent changes in the tax code, there are opportunities to save substantial amounts of money at tax time. Thomas M. Brinker, Jr., a professor of accounting at Arcadia...
New CDC Materials Teach COVID-19 Safety Protocols to People with IDD

New CDC Materials Teach COVID-19 Safety Protocols to People with IDD

by Annette Hines | Oct 14, 2021 | Announcements, COVID-19, Current Affairs, Special Needs

Communication is one of the most important tools for containing the spread of COVID-19. As the highly transmissible Delta variant continues to spread, reliable information about the disease and how to protect oneself and one’s community from infection are critically...
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