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Special Needs > Respiratory Health
What Triggers Asthma?
...Asthma and Allergy Awareness...know what triggers asthma....brought on by triggers, which can...airways. Triggers can vary from...another person. Triggers are often...pollutants Other non-allergy related...Other non-allergy related triggers...non-allergy related triggers include:...non-allergy related triggers include:...exposed to triggers. One big...is to "de-trigger" your home....
Financial > Financial Planning
Annual Review of Your Special Needs Plan: Checklist for Families
...how and when the trustee can make distributions. Does it still reflect what your child needs? If the trust was drafted when your child was young and non-verbal, but they're now a working adult with partial independence, the original language may be too restrictive or not restrictive enough. Remainder...
Financial > Financial Planning
529 College Savings Plans and ABLE Accounts: Transferring Funds
...sit unused, and it doesn't have to trigger taxes or penalties to redirect it....designed specifically for disability-related expenses, and unlike 529 withdrawals...and unlike 529 withdrawals used for non-education purposes, rollovers aren't...than qualified education expenses triggered income tax on the earnings plus a...
Financial > Financial Planning
Special Needs Planning for Divorced or Blended Families
...assets. But when parents are divorced, coordination failures create three common disqualification scenarios. Scenario one: direct inheritance from the non-custodial parent. If your ex-spouse dies without a will or leaves assets directly to your child, SSI counts those assets immediately. Your child loses...
Career > Interviewing
Addressing Visible Disabilities in Interviews: Proactive Disclosure Strategies
...invisibly when you use a wheelchair, have a visible limb difference, or carry a white cane. The interviewer sees your disability before you say a word. Non-disclosure isn't an option. That doesn't mean you've lost control. When visibility removes the choice of whether to disclose, you still control who speaks...
Career > Finding Jobs
Transferable Skills Assessment: Identifying What You Bring to New Careers
A systematic approach to identifying and documenting skills from non-traditional work experience, volunteering, and life situations.
Career > Finding Jobs
Workplace Readiness Skills: Soft Skills Employers Want
...decisions come down to communication style, punctuality, and how they handle criticism. For adults with disabilities who may have employment gaps or non-traditional work histories, demonstrating strong soft skills can offset a lot of missing resume line items. Employers aren't looking for a perfect work...
Career > Finding Jobs
Federal Government Hiring Programs for People with Disabilities: Schedule A Appointments
How Schedule A hiring authority provides non-competitive federal employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Career > Discrimination
Isolation and Exclusion: Social Discrimination Against Disabled Employees
...in settings you're excluded from (after-hours gatherings, spontaneous brainstorming sessions, or "drop by my office" check-ins that only happen with non-disabled colleagues), that exclusion affects your career trajectory. Courts recognize this distinction. Informal networks matter for advancement. When...
Career > Discrimination
Equal Pay Act and Disability: Fighting Wage Discrimination
Workers with disabilities earn 37% less on average than their non-disabled peers, according to the American Institutes for Research. Many don't...that requires substantially equal skill, effort, and responsibility as a non-disabled colleague, and you're paid less because of your disability, that's...
Career > Discrimination
Disparate Impact and Disability: When Neutral Policies Discriminate
...practice, it excludes or disadvantages disabled employees far more often than non-disabled employees. The legal test comes from a Supreme Court case called...disproportionately excludes or harms people with disabilities The policy isn't job-related and consistent with business necessity If you can show all three, the burden...
Career > Discrimination
Disability Stereotyping and Bias: Challenging Assumptions About Your Abilities
...assumptions at work. Implicit bias treats disability as incompetence by default, requiring workers to prove capability again and again in ways their non-disabled peers never face. What Disability Stereotyping Looks Like at Work. Stereotyping about disability operates differently than overt discrimination....