You may have heard the terms "special" needs trust and "supplemental" needs trust and wondered what the difference is. The short answer is that there's no difference. Here's the long answer. When the field of special needs planning began some two decades ago, trusts created for people with disabilities were generally called supplemental needs trusts.…

I spent the last several days in Florida at the Stetson National Special Needs Conference and wanted to share some of the information that I found helpful at the conference. ACA and ABLE I attended sessions with experts who opined on the effects on the Special Needs Community of the Affordable Care Act and the…

Fact sheets are a great starting point for anyone who is living or working with a child who has a disability. Written specifically to meet the needs of parents and educators, NICHCY’s fact sheets on specific disabilities (e.g., autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome) cover definitions, causes, characteristics, educational considerations and helpful organizations to contact for further…