Nov 28, 2023 | News
From Barron’s — By Debbie Carlson — Are you better off giving money to children now when you can see the results of the gift, or making them wait for their inheritance until you have shuffled off this mortal coil? That is the dilemma that millions of parents...
Nov 21, 2023 | News
From Kiplinger — By Allen J. Falke — Parenting is hard. From the moment your child comes into your life, you become responsible for that child until they reach adulthood. But what if something happens to you and your partner? How can you be sure your child is taken...
Nov 14, 2023 | News
From Disability Scoop — By Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times/TNS — A former Amazon employee with Asperger’s syndrome claimed he was bullied and abused by co-workers at a warehouse in San Bernardino, Calif. and the company did nothing when he spoke up. Co-workers...
Nov 7, 2023 | News
From The Associated Press — By Lolita C. Baldor — The number of suicides among U.S. military members and their families dipped slightly in 2022, compared with the previous year, as the Defense Department tries to build prevention and treatment programs to address...
Oct 31, 2023 | News
From CNET — By Katie Teague — A 3.2% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is coming to more than 66 million Social Security beneficiaries, beginning in 2024, due to inflation. However, those who receive SSI will get their first boosted payment at the end of this year....
Oct 24, 2023 | News
From Disability Scoop — By Shaun Heasley — New data shows that schools across the nation continue to be plagued by a shortage of teachers trained to work with students who have special needs. As of August, 86% of schools nationwide reported that they were having...
Oct 17, 2023 | News
From Next Avenue — By Richard Eisenberg — The Biden administration aims to fix nursing home understaffing to improve care, but critics are pushing back. Americans gave nursing homes a D+ for quality of care in a recent Gallup/West Health poll and most said...
Oct 10, 2023 | News
From AARP — By Dena Bunis — If you watch daytime television, especially talk shows, game shows or reality court dramas, brace yourself for the annual barrage of commercials featuring one-time celebrities urging you to sign up for their favorite Medicare plan. The...
Sep 26, 2023 | News
From CBS News via MSN Money — By Beret Leone — When musical legend Prince passed, it took years of legal work to sort what he left behind. “We’re free at last, thank God almighty, we are free,” Sharon Nelson, Prince’s sister told WCCO crews...
Sep 19, 2023 | News
From Disability Scoop — By Shaun Heasley — Legislation designed to ensure that parents of students with disabilities are aware of a key right during individualized education program (IEP) meetings is moving forward in Congress. The measure known as the Think...
