Planning for the Future: Providing a Meaningful Life for a Child with a Disability After Your Death

by L. Mark Russell and Arnold E. Grant

Book Overview

Binding: Trade paperback Edition: 3rd Newly Rev ed. Illustrated. Publisher: American Publishing Company Date published: 2000 ISBN-13: 9780963578006 ISBN: 0963578006 This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963578006
• ISBN13: 9780963578006
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: American Publishing Company
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Future Care of Your Disabled Child

"This book addresses a variety of issues related to planning for a child with a disability, including special needs trusts, guardianships, government benefits programs, and taxes. It focuses on the importance of developing a comprehensive life plan for the child and is written on a level that is fairly easy to understand. Because this book was published in 1995, information gathered from it may need to be updated according to more recent changes in the law." I deducted one star for the publication date (1995), but the overall info is invaluable for someone facing this situation.

Amazing Book on Future Planning

I just wanted to share this book with those who may be interested. It is so detailed - I have never seen so much information in one place in my entire life about future planning for a child with a disability. The first section just blew me away - the second and third - same thing. I look forward to finishing the remaining 400 pages of this whopper of a book (which is 642 pages in length). This book has already answered every single question that I've ever had about the future, in regards to my son, who has Autism. I would venture to say that the education that I have received in the first 240 pages makes it worth every single penny - and then some. Everything from the differences in housing options to caregiver options to community living to managing finances to specifying your child's joys so that they may continue after your death (even down to writing a letter of intent which specifies that your child likes to bowl or go to the movies!). Over and over again I've seen the authors stress how important it is to GET INPUT FROM THE PERSON WITH THE DISABILITY and to TELL THE PEOPLE WHO YOU EXPECT TO CARE FOR YOUR CHILD about your decisions, which involve them. Readers are prodded to write a "letter of intent" and to revise it each year so that it's always current and changes with the needs of your child. The book is expensive but if you're looking into this topic, I would highly recommend making this purchase before consulting an attorney or hiring someone blindly. Please note that this is not my "formal" review but is my way of sharing this book NOW instead of waiting until I'm completely finished. Jackie D. Igafo-Te'o, Bridges4Kids