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Thursday, August 05 2010 16:01

New Special Needs Article: Planning for Your 17 Year-Old with Special Needs

Written by Vincent J. Russo
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We've posted a new article in our Special Needs Resources.

Since your eyes met you have spent each and every moment loving, caring for, guiding, educating and protecting your child with special needs. As a parent of a child with special needs, you have been making personal, financial and health care decisions for them since birth. Although hope is always alive, as a parent you know that even though your child is aging, their ability or capacity may be limited. In New York, when your child reaches age 18, you lose the legal right to make decisions for your child. This is not the time to panic. This is the time to plan!

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