Health Care

ASNP Co-Founder, Harry Margolis is interviewed by WBZ TV in Boston by reporter Paula Ebben.

Several members of Congress have re-introduced legislation that would put in place a long-term care insurance program for adults with special needs.

A group of individuals with special needs has filed a class action lawsuit against the state of Illinois under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), asking the state to permit them to receive long-term care services at home rather than...

About 4,000 children with special needs are growing up in nursing homes across the country, according to a new investigative report.

Senator Kennedy and his son, Representative Kennedy, are advocating for differing federal mental health parity bills.

Academy of Special Needs Planners co-founder Diedre Wachbrit's article "9 Costly Mistakes to Avoid in Planning for Your Special Needs Child" appears in the March 30, 2007, edition of the US Autism & Asperger Association's Weekly News.

In existence for less than a year, the Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP) has already become the largest membership organization of special needs planning attorneys in the country.

A guide provides a way for the parents or guardians of children with special needs to map out in detail who their child is and the care he or she should receive.

At some point in life, almost any parent of a child with special needs will at least consider the possibility of hiring someone to provide in-home care. Lisa Lieberman's book A "Stranger" Among Us offers a range of advice...