Health Care Directives: A Safeguard and a Support

• By: Susan M. Green, Esq. Begley Law Group, PC
• July 1st, 2012
• adults, advance directives, decision making, estate planning, guardianship, healthcare planning, legal rights, mental health care
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It is essential for all adults to execute advance planning documents, especially those adults on the autism spectrum who have the capacity to do so. Chief among these estate planning documents is the health care directive. Often, parents make all health care decisions for their child for the first...

While the Science is Still Uncertain, the Need to Plan for Your Child’s Future is a Sure Thing!

• By: Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. Sheryl R. Frishman, Esq Littman Krooks, LLP
• July 1st, 2011
• advance directives, estate planning, guardianship, Letter of Intent, public benefits, special needs planning, supplemental needs trust, wills
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When a parent is given a diagnosis for their child of Autism or Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), they are bombarded with a variety of medical, therapeutic, educational, and holistic treatment methodologies that promise to “cure” Autism. This leaves parents in the position of believing...