Representative Payee Basics What a rep payee actually does, how the SSA application works, what the annual report demands, and why this narrow tool is not a substitute for a...
Post-secondary options: supportive college vs vocational training Four-year college? Two-year certificate? Vocational rehab? Apprenticeship? Family enterprise? Some of these will change his life. Some will cost you fifty thousand dollars...
The ‘Age 26 rule’ for extended transition services Most states cut special education off at 22. Michigan doesn’t, if your family member has a cognitive impairment eligibility and was already...
The age-21 cliff when the Medicaid Autism Benefit ends Michigan’s Medicaid Autism Benefit does not send a warning letter before it ends. It simply stops on a birthday, and what...
Project SEARCH and other Michigan employment pathways A year spent training entirely inside a real workplace, not a classroom simulation, changes what employers see and what students believe about themselves....
Healthcare Decisions and Rights at Age 18 The day your child turns eighteen, the law reassigns every healthcare authority you have spent eighteen years building. Here is the punch-list to...
Healthcare Options Without Guardianship HIPAA, healthcare proxies, durable POAs, representative payees, and supported decision making. The instruments that handle most adult healthcare decisions without ever filing a court petition. By...
Guardianship, Limited Guardianship, and Supported Decision Making A decision framework that starts with autonomy and ends with safety, broken down by the life domain that actually matters: medical, finances, housing,...
Finding Adult Doctors Who Understand Autism How to vet a primary-care practice, pin them down on accommodations in writing, and walk in with a one-page passport that does the work...
Epilepsy and Seizure Safety in Autistic Adults Seizure types, adult-onset risk, medication interactions, and the safety planning that protects the highest-risk daily activities: bathing, sleeping, cooking, driving. The risk is...
