Special Needs Legal and Medical Articles – The News You Need This Week

Lives Worth Living: A New Film on the American Disability Rights Movement

Premiers on PBS tonight. This article on The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism has more info.

Need help with financial planning for your Special Needs Family Member:

Easter Seals and the National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®) have collaborated to create a 72-page financial planning booklet for parents, caregivers, grandparents or others involved in the care of a special needs child.

Download it here free.

Do you have a child nearing adulthood?

Here is some information on Conservatorship (called Guardianship in some states).

And here is my story about conserving Matthew.

If you have any doubt about whether your Family Member can make legal, financial and medical decisions for themselves, I urge you to consider this issue carefully.

Do you have to deal with Blood Draws for your Special Needs Family Member?

Matthew is Epileptic and needs blood tests to monitor how his medication is working. His pain threshold is very high but even so, he doesn’t much like being poked. Here is an article with some suggestions on how to handle blood draws.

By the way – if you are local – Central Coast Pathology is the best. Matthew actually likes going there because they are so nice. And very good. I had blood drawn there a few months ago and I literally did not feel the needle at all.

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