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Scams, Spending, and Special Interests: One Autistic Adult’s Guide to Financial Independence
I will begin by making a few important disclaimers. First of all, I have no formal education or background in financial matters. Anything that I discuss is strictly from the perspective of my own personal experiences and an appreciation of the concerns and challenges presented by living on the...
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Expressing Gratitude: Using Your IRA to Make Gifts to Charity
If you are charitably inclined and you qualify under the IRS rules, you might be able to implement a technique using your IRA. If you are at least 70½ years old with a traditional IRA, you can direct your IRA custodian to donate up to $111,000 by December 31, 2026, in the form of a check directly...
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Transitioning to Life as an Autistic Senior Citizen: We Need Much More Information
Making the transition into old age and becoming a senior citizen is challenging for almost everyone in our society. This was most colorfully expressed by the great Hollywood actress Bette Davis, who lived to be 81 years old and famously said that “old age ain’t no place for sissies”. Those of...
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Living and Aging Independently on the Autism Spectrum: An Inside View
Having been diagnosed late in life at the age of 44, I lived for the better part of my life on the autism spectrum without myself or anyone else being aware of it. During the time in which I finally knew about this, I was already an older adult and, most recently, a senior citizen. Unlike so many...
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Special Needs Family Planning – Ten Questions When Planning for Financial Security
What is the sign of a good decision?® It’s clarifying what you want to achieve, what you value and how uncertainties affect plans and aspirations – turning plans into action and goals into reality. Ten Questions and Answers When thinking about how to protect your...
