Sheri R. Abrams, Attorney at Law

01/08/2021

Caregiving is HARD. There’s a lot of wisdom in this article to help avoid burnout if you are looking after a loved one who is sick or disabled.

Here’s the advice I wish I’d had.

01/07/2021

At this farm, children with special needs connect with injured animals to form healing friendships.

Safe in Austin has an important mandate: helping children with special needs forge bonds with injured animals, so both can heal.

01/06/2021

What happens if I can no longer serve as trustee of my child’s Special Needs Trust?

Virginia special needs planning attorney discusses properly setting up your child's special needs trust to plan for unexpected changes.

01/05/2021

Yes… Special Needs Teachers are Angels!

I said it in my head… As I got back to the car, I felt destroyed. I’d carried Rory into school, he cried so bad, his body was like a real dead weight, he was like concrete, he had somehow found a way to be heavier, he is so strong but today he was even […]

01/04/2021

These are the biggest Social Security Changes for 2021:

A rundown of Social Security monthly benefit increases for retired and SSI beneficiaries, Medicare premiums and payroll taxes effective Jan. 1.

01/02/2021

Anything is possible. Anything.

01/01/2021

Happy New Year!

01/01/2021

Have a happy and safe New Year’s Eve!

12/31/2020

Zappos Adaptive's latest offering allows customers of all abilities the opportunity to purchase a single shoe or shoes of different sizes.

12/31/2020

Practice Traffic Stops

TWO SESSIONS:
Tuesday, January 12th AND Thursday, January 14th, 2021
10:00 am to 12:00 noon

The Arc of Northern Virginia has partnered with Fairfax County Police, FCPS School Board Member Rachna Sizemore Heizer, and Supervisor Rodney Lusk to create a new event to help people with disabilities interact with police officers, and vice-versa.

Practice Traffic Stops provides a non-confrontational opportunity to learn how best to behave if pulled over by a police officer. The experience is also a way for officers to gain awareness of and better understand a driver who may have a developmental disability.

People learning to drive and licensed drivers are welcome. Participants will need to bring a vehicle. The driver may bring a support person, but everyone will stay in their cars and wear a mask at all times. The practice traffic stop will be with a real police officer in a controlled environment.

For more information and to register:
https://thearcofnova.org/workshops/

12/30/2020

Who would be best suited to raise your child with special needs if something happened to you?

12/30/2020

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has started to issue second economic impact payments (EIP). Remember, the IRS, not the Social Security Administration (SSA), issues EIPs. SSA cannot answer EIP questions about your specific situation. Learn more: http://ow.ly/rMQJ50CWZAO