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		<title>Future Of Postsecondary Programs Uncertain</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Future Of Postsecondary Programs Uncertain By Shaun Heasley Disability Scoop February 16, 2012 College opportunities for those with intellectual disabilities have proliferated in recent years, but with federal support in limbo, the viability of such programs could be in jeopardy. A five-year federal plan designed to study the best approaches for getting students with intellectual &#8230; <a href="http://www.specialneedsplanning.net/2012/02/future-of-postsecondary-programs-uncertain/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Many Adults With Disabilities Do Nothing All Day</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Study: Many Adults With Disabilities Do Nothing All Day By Michelle Diament Disability Scoop February 15, 2012 A significant number of adults with developmental disabilities have no regular, daily activities, a situation that’s symptomatic of larger problems, new research indicates. The finding comes from a survey of nearly 800 siblings of adults with intellectual and &#8230; <a href="http://www.specialneedsplanning.net/2012/02/study-many-adults-with-disabilities-do-nothing-all-day/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>5.2 Percent of School-Age Children Have a Disability</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report using data from the 2010 American Community Survey concludes that some 2.8 million children ages 5-17&#8211;or about 5.2 percent of that population&#8211;have a disability. The data covers public school children in the civilian, non-institutionalized population across the nation&#8211;about 53.9 million total. The incidence of a disability is greater in children covered in &#8230; <a href="http://www.specialneedsplanning.net/2012/02/5-2-percent-of-school-age-children-have-a-disability/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs Picture Still Murky For People With Disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jobs Picture Still Murky For People With Disabilities By Shaun Heasley Disability Scoop February 3, 2012 As unemployment ticked down again in January, new data shows that Americans with disabilities struggled to reap the benefits of an improving job market. The U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday that unemployment among Americans with disabilities dropped to &#8230; <a href="http://www.specialneedsplanning.net/2012/02/jobs-picture-still-murky-for-people-with-disabilities/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Autism Odds Increase With Parent Age</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autism Odds Increase With Parent Age By Michelle Diament February 3, 2012 Kids are at higher risk for autism if either — or both — of their parents are over age 35 at the time of birth, new research suggests. In a study of more than 9,500 Danish children diagnosed with autism, researchers found that &#8230; <a href="http://www.specialneedsplanning.net/2012/02/autism-odds-increase-with-parent-age/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aid for Families with Special Needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aid for Families with Special Needs. Experts guide families through process. By Marilyn Campbell The Almanac January 25, 2012 Maedi Tanham Carney,CFP says her oldest daughter was born with medical and cognitive issues that would prevent her from living independently. Like many parents of children with special needs, Carney worried about what would happen when &#8230; <a href="http://www.specialneedsplanning.net/2012/01/aid-for-families-with-special-needs/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SSI &amp; Parents Paying Taxes on Rent/Room&amp; Board Portion</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been asked this question many times. With help from the IRS and MDOD here is our answer: Many of the beneficiaries we serve live with their parents, and some pay their parents for room and board. Paying one&#8217;s &#8220;fair share&#8221; of household expenses for food and shelter can help him or her qualify &#8230; <a href="http://www.specialneedsplanning.net/2012/01/ssi-parents-paying-taxes-on-rentroom-board-portion/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Should Not Create a Special Needs Trust</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s say you have a child with &#8220;special needs,&#8221; or a sister, brother, mother or other family member. You have not created a special needs trust as part of your own estate plan. Why not? We know why not. We have heard pretty much all the explanations and excuses. Here are a few, and some &#8230; <a href="http://www.specialneedsplanning.net/2012/01/why-you-should-not-create-a-special-needs-trust/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Special Educators Borrow From Brain Studies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special Educators Borrow From Brain Studies By Nirvi Shah In a corner of a classroom here at the Ivymount School, a frustrated 7th grader tells himself to take a deep breath. Slowly, without distracting his classmates, he calms down. This exercise is among many strategies derived from brain-science research that educators at this private school &#8230; <a href="http://www.specialneedsplanning.net/2012/01/special-educators-borrow-from-brain-studies/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Some Long-Term-Care Insurance Is Better Than None</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Retirement December 28th, 2011 By GLENN RUFFENACH Ruffenach: Why shooting for the moon with long-term-care insurance might shoot you in the foot. The best is the enemy of the good. Or so said Voltaire, the French philosopher. I could be wrong, but&#8230;I think he was talking about long-term-care insurance &#8212; and how to &#8230; <a href="http://www.specialneedsplanning.net/2012/01/some-long-term-care-insurance-is-better-than-none/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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