LOMAH Special Needs Podcast: Avoiding Financial Planning Mishaps
Ask any financial planner about common mistakes they see, and patterns will probably emerge. What mishaps are happening with special needs financial planning and how do we ensure we are not making them? On this episode of the LOMAH Special Needs Podcast, host Kim...
A Case for Working When You Have a Disability
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been focusing on how employment benefits and empowers people with disabilities. But when discussing employment, it’s equally important to discuss the material benefits of having a job — things like 401(k) matches and...2020 CARES Act Overview for those with Disabilities
1. If you are on unemployment, and you receive the additional $600 Federal benefit, it (the additional $600) will NOT be counted by SNAP or SSI as income (Sec. 2104). 2. Individuals will receive $1,200 ($2,400 if married filing joint) plus an additional $500 for each...
Self-Employment: A Viable Strategy
One of the harsh realities of being autistic and/or neurodiverse is that you can’t always rely on companies to hire you. Despite various anti-discrimination laws and diversity initiatives, it can be very difficult for big companies to suddenly – and...
Going Unconventional in the Pursuit of Employment
Growing up, I had two “dream job” paths that never went anywhere. I recall wanting to work at McDonald’s because I loved going there as a kid, but I never set goals to make that happen. My other “dream job” was making video games, despite...
Stock Market, Autism, and Anxiety Part II: This one is for the anxious
For those who are unprepared for anxiety So the truth of the matter is, we are in the midst of a scary time. As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I am not feeling particularly anxious. I’m attributing this to the fact that I think in patterns and am always...
Stock Market, Autism, and Anxiety
Why the most anxious are the best prepared For the past several days, these topics are all that has been on my social media feeds. It is all I am reading, and it is all anyone want to talk with me about. That being said, one thing occurred to me on a day the market...
