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Financial > Financial Planning
First-Party Special Needs Trusts: When the Person with a Disability Funds the Trust
...it into a trust. The money...special needs trust solves this....third-party trusts don't: when...left in the trust goes back...Special Needs Trust Is. A first-party...special needs trust (also called...called a self-settled...self-settled trust or d(4)(A)...d(4)(A) trust) is funded...trust) is funded with money...placed in a trust without...long as the trust meets specific...when the trust is created,...and the trust must include...
Legal > Government Benefits
Self-Funded Special Needs Trusts
...is a Self-Funded...Self-Funded Special...Needs Trust? A trust...trust? A trust is a...by a “trustee” for...in a trust may be...assets. A trust should...needs trust is a...type of trust designed...disability. A self-funded...self-funded special...needs trust must...of the trust. The...trust. The trust should...direct the trustee to...use the trust funds...needs trust must...by a trustee who...in a trust used...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
ARCH National Respite Locator: How to Find Emergency Backup Care
...families to vetted providers who offer exactly this kind of backup care. What ARCH Is. ARCH stands for Access to Respite Care and Help. It's a federally funded national center that coordinates respite resources across all 50 states. The organization doesn't provide care directly. Instead, it maintains a network...
Career > Skills Training
Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation
...that students ages 14-21 with IEPs can access a separate set of federally-funded workplace readiness services through your state's vocational rehabilitation...learning experiences, postsecondary education counseling, and instruction in self-advocacy. Both systems work together. Accessing Pre-ETS early means your...
Career > Finding Jobs
American Job Centers: Free Employment Services by State
...disabilities don't know is that there's a federally-funded system designed specifically to address these gaps,...services at these centers fall into three categories: self-service resources you can access without an appointment,...intensive programs that involve formal enrollment. Self-service typically includes computer labs with internet...
News > Research
The Autism Research Panel That Controls $2 Billion Just Lost Its Scientists
...autism research across agencies and set priorities for what gets studied and funded. When the IACC says something is a priority, that shapes where grant money...universities, representatives from the Autism Society of America and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, clinicians with decades of experience were replaced entirely....
News > Advocacy
Kate Winslet, a Hat, and Autism Awareness
...foundation refers to a poem Keli once wrote about having a "golden hat" to help him speak. One of Winslet's projects for the cause is a coffee-table book of self-portraits in which celebrities wear the same trilby hat. The book, which will be released this spring, is called The Golden Hat: Talking Back to Autism....
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Caregiver Burnout Recovery Timeline: What to Expect
Recovery from caregiver burnout takes 6-12 weeks with evidence-based interventions. What to expect at each stage.
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Micro Self-Care: One-Minute Practices for Overwhelmed Caregivers
You don't have time for self-care. That's not judgment, that's...unhelpful and insulting. But self-care doesn't require an hour...your day. The Case for Micro Self-Care. Traditional self-care...Micro self-Care. Traditional self-care advice assumes you have...of uninterrupted time. Micro self-care assumes you don't. It's...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
DBT Skills for Caregivers Managing Intense Emotions
...meltdown, your child is screaming, the insurance company just denied the third appeal, and you can feel yourself unraveling. The advice to "practice self-care" or "take deep breaths" feels like a joke when you're this far past your breaking point. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills weren't designed...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Recognizing Caregiver Burnout vs Normal Stress
Clinical markers distinguish burnout from stress so caregivers know which state they're in and what response it requires.
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Movement and Sensory Breaks for Neurodivergent Adults at Work
Scheduled movement and sensory tools improve focus and reduce burnout for neurodivergent employees.