Disability Law Children and adults with disabilities, their families, and others involved in their care, such as trustees and guardians, face a complex array of personal, legal and financial problems, often for life. Among the problems we encounter in this area are the following: • Parents need to take their children’s special needs into account in estate planning, so as to make optimal use of the family’s financial resources while minimizing conflicts with government benefits like Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid and subsidized housing. • People with disabilities may need help applying for government benefits, appealing the denial of an application, or maintaining eligibility while they work. • Workers with disabilities will want to take advantage of all available benefits and incentives under Social Security Disability, Supplemental Security Income, Medicare and Medicaid, and private disability insurance, and know their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. • People who are not capable of making major life decisions about their care, treatment and finances may need guardianship, or less restrictive alternative protections. • Trustees, whether professionals or family members, often lack the knowledge to use a special needs trust or a supplemental trust in a way that minimizes conflicts with government benefits and complies with program reporting requirements. • Accident victims may need specially structured settlements, or trusts, to ensure that a settlement or award is maintained optimally for their benefit, without supplanting government benefits. Needs are both immediate and long-term, and planning must take into account both perspectives. Also key to planning is the identification and coordination of all potential financial and human resources -- of the individual and the family as well as the government. The knowledge and perspective provided by sound legal advice fosters confidence in efforts to address these daunting challenges. Under the knowledgeable and compassionate guidance of RFG principal, Donald N. Freedman, the attorneys in the Disability Law Group bring decades of experience in private law practice, government human service agencies, legal aid and law reform to bear on disability-related client concerns.