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Many older adults are protected from housing discrimination through the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA)'s disability protections.

Medicare law says that services are covered if they are reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury -- language that does not turn solely on [...]

A proposed rule announced earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would introduce, for the first time on a broad scale, work requirements and time [...]

If your Medicare Advantage plan is terminated or leaves your area, you'll revert to Original Medicare, but you must act to keep drug coverage. Learn deadlines, options, and how to [...]

Learn what supported living services are, who they help, what supports are included, how Medicaid HCBS waivers may pay, and how to find and evaluate programs for adults with disabilities.

A guardian ad litem (GAL) is not the same as a legal guardian. A legal guardian has ongoing authority over a person's life. A GAL has a narrower job: investigating, reporting, [...]

For years, one of the most useful financial tools available to people with disabilities was largely out of reach of veterans. The reason was simple and frustrating: eligibility rules ignored [...]

Retirement plans often make up a significant portion of assets. Can a retirement plan be put into a special needs trust? As with many legal questions, the answer is "it depends." 

Anyone who has filled out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) knows that there is nothing simple about the application process. Adding a special needs trust to a [...]

Due to Medicaid expansion and a rise in autism diagnoses, applied behavioral analysis (ABA) therapy has seen huge spending increases as well as fraud, making it vital for parents to ensure [...]