We are in the same boat with Sapphire. She is adult now in her early 30's. A trust is a good idea!!

Have you looked into an AbleNow account or a special needs trust?

@Autie4Lyfe83-this must be a case by case situation because here in Illinois, a lot of the families are saying that anything you are given that has value will affect your benefits from the govt. no matter what it is?

A special needs trust allows one to set money aside without the government touching it. It's a wonderful thing :)

How does a Trust keep the govt from taking the adult female with autism's money? I don.t recall where having a trust for your autistic adult child is going to prevent state or govt people from taking the funds back based on the person's social security number.