It is true that no one can truly understand what it is like to parent a child with special needs. While all parents innately desire to protect their children, a parent of a special needs child necessarily feels a need to protect to an even greater degree. Therefore, the great challenge for such parents is to protect on the one hand but at the same time afford their disabled children opportunities for growth, freedom of expression and freedom of choice. It is this paradox that necessitates that these parents carefully plan for their children's futures. Part of such a plan is the creation of a Special Needs Trust, the establishment of an appropriate and least restrictive surrogate decision making arrangement (perhaps a Limited Guardianship) and the development of a Personal Life Plan which may set forth the unique characteristics, abilities and needs of that child along with various housing options for the child's adult years. The members of our firm are committed to compassionately working with families and their children in arriving at an overall plan that strikes the proper balance between protection on the one hand and autonomy and self-determination on the other.

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