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News > Advocacy
The Federal Agency That Funds Independence for People with Disabilities Is Being Eliminated. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...support programs, disability research, and civil...regardless of age or disability, should be able to...primarily by states and networks of community-based...families navigate disability services, access...disabilities. National Family Caregiver Support...and training for family members who care...National Institute on Disability, Independent Living,...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Supporting Your Other Children: A Family Guide When One Child Has Special Needs
...about her brother's disability at school because kids...siblings, not just better family time management. 84%...report that childhood family stress related to their...brother or sister's disability was a major issue. The...The stress wasn't the disability itself but the questions...sibling dynamics, and peer networks exist specifically for...
Legal > Government Benefits
When Your Medicaid Provider Stops Taking Patients: What Families Can Do
...and welfare budget that cuts $21 million from disability services, reducing provider reimbursement rates...Missouri and Utah are proposing similar cuts. Disability advocates are calling Idaho a bellwether for what's...or drop existing ones. This is distinct from a family's benefits being terminated. Your child still...
Parenting > Self-Care
The Respite Care Blueprint: How to Find, Fund, and Use Backup Care
...streams. The ARCH National Respite Network runs a searchable locator that covers...families who care for someone with a disability, chronic illness, or complex medical...prevents caregiver burnout, protects family stability, and keeps parents functional...functional over the long term. Research on family caregiving consistently...
Financial > Grants
The Lifespan Respite Care Program Was Just Renewed: Here's What Caregivers Can Get From It
...largely unreported outside disability news circles. For the 53 million...circles. For the 53 million adult family caregivers, and the 5 million...respite provider. Others fund networks that match families with...care for situations where a family caregiver becomes ill or has...support. This is the part of the disability funding landscape that often...
Career > Interviewing
Uncovering the Invisible Job Market for Disabled Job Seekers
...market: Talk to people you know. Let friends, family, former co-workers, and other contacts know you...unadvertised openings. Attend events for the disability community. You can meet people who work at disability-friendly...disability community. You can meet people who work at disability-friendly companies. Use LinkedIn to connect with...
Legal > Government Benefits
SNAP Benefits for Families Receiving Disability Benefits
...you're wondering if your family qualifies for SNAP, the Supplemental...Households with a member who has a disability get a $4,500 resource limit,...from work requirements. A family that looks over-income on...SNAP Works Differently for Disability Households. SNAP distinguishes...SSDI, or certain veterans' disability benefits, you fall under the...
Legal > Government Benefits
Medicaid Waiver Waiting Lists: How to Join and What to Expect
...waitlist?" If you're working with a care coordinator, social worker, or disability services case manager, they can identify the right waiver and help you...manager, they can identify the right waiver and help you apply. The Kaiser Family Foundation publishes state-by-state waiver data...
Financial > Financial Planning
Long-Term Care Insurance and Disability: Planning for Future Care Costs
...up. The message is consistent: without LTC insurance, you're leaving your family exposed to catastrophic care costs. But for families with children with...Here's what long-term care insurance covers, why it usually doesn't fit disability care planning, and what tools deserve your attention first. What Long-Term...
Career > Discrimination
Association Discrimination: When Your Employer Discriminates Because of Your Disabled Child or Spouse
...with someone who has a disability. If your employer treats...child, parent, or other family member (even if you don't...if you don't have a disability yourself), that's a violation...with a person with a disability. The law applies when...comments about your family member's disability...your family member's disability The discrimination doesn't...
News > Advocacy
Pennsylvania Just Signed Three Executive Orders to Protect Disability Families. Here's What It Means and What Other States Can Do.
...agencies collect and share disability data, create a new advisory...requests for autism and disability data from states, requests...different aspects of disability rights and services...places new limits on disability data collection. State...database using state disability records. Executive...people with disabilities, family members, and experts...
Financial > Financial Planning
Families Provide $1 Trillion in Unpaid Care Each Year. Here's What Medicaid Cuts Mean for That Burden.
...for a child or adult with a disability, you already know what $1...number to it: 59 million family caregivers provide 49.5 billion...families. And 7.3 million family caregivers ages 18-64 rely...What the Numbers Mean for Disability Families. AARP's "Valuing...total Medicaid spending. For disability families, this isn't an abstract...