Avoid the Biggest Mistake of Financial Planning for Special Needs Kids

Date: Sep 28 2012

Filed under: Family Money, Personal Finance

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Brian Waldron, 42, is the father of five children under 8. His 3-year-old son, Wesley, has Down Syndrome.

“The first six months was really getting over a lot of health stuff,” the Omaha, Neb., father said, as he detailed the heart and lung issues that kept Wesley in the hospital and on oxygen.

In a whole range of ways, what Waldron — and the millions of Americans facing similar challenges — went through during that first half-year with Wesley was just the tip of the iceberg. And while it’s…

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