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  • Special-needs trusts are particularly helpful if a parent needs long-term care and the child is younger than 65, says Mr. Margolis: "The parent can shelter assets and qualify for Medicaid coverage by putting everything in the trust for the child with special needs."

    Taking Care of Disabled Heirs Kelly Greene 2011

  • Special-needs student John Odgren stabbed a student to death just before classes were to begin for the day.

    Scott Harshbarger: Yes We Can Reduce Urban Violence (Part I) Scott Harshbarger 2010

  • Special-needs kids have been involved in sports for years, ever since the Kennedys got the Special Olympics off the ground in the 1960s.

    Young Runners Marc Bloom 2009

  • DST for Special-needs children and adults Taught daily living skills to the developmentally and mentally challenged; my group was at the higher-functioning level

    Archive 2009-11-01 Molly Daniels 2009

  • Special-needs shelters, one in the middle of my district, Edison Senior High School plus the Miami-Dade County Transportation Department and Broward is actually providing rides for special needs individuals to make it to those shelters.

    CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2005 2005

  • Special-needs children face a lot of challenges; they don't need, or deserve, mocking from me. ...

    Wash Post drops Ted Rall Jeffrey Hill 2004

  • Special-needs children face a lot of challenges; they don't need, or deserve, mocking from me. ...

    Archive 2004-11-01 Jeffrey Hill 2004

  • Special-needs adoptions now comprise about half its caseload.

    KSL / U.S. / National 2010

  • Special-needs adoptions now comprise about half its caseload.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Special-needs adoptions now comprise about half its caseload.

    Fore, right! DAVID CRARY 2010

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