Ever think about how you will provide for your child with special needs once you are no longer around? Over the Thanksgiving weekend, my wife and I established a special needs trust with our son Andrew, now age 18. I strongly encourage any family with a child who has significant special needs to consider establishing such a trust. To effectively... Read more
My son is now 18 years old and a senior in high school. We are struggling with what happens after high school-work preparation and self-sufficiency. One of the greatest impediments to our planning is that health insurance coverage is dependent on either full-time employment by a large employer or his being deemed by the government as "permanently... Read more
Come new health insurance plan implementation in January 2010 - yes, that's 2010 - arbitrary and discriminatory health insurance treatment of many mental disorders will cease. CHADD has been very involved, with the entire national mental health community, in getting the Congress of the United States to pass mental health parity.
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As my son grows and develops, certain challenges become a barrier to his happiness and success, and other challenges fade or diminish. How much his responses result from learning and maturity, and how much is the result of professionally provided interventions, who can really tell? One thing has been constant for Andrew--most new situations cause... Read more
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