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Kathy DeAngelo, a certified benefits and work incentives planner for CDO Workforce, joins the program to share employment success stories why she is an advocate for ABLE accounts. 

This episode features an interview with Jenny Casselman, parent of an ABLE account owner, as she discusses why she chose to open an ABLE account for her daughter. Jenny is also Vice President of Commercial Operations with Greater Commercial Lending in Nevada.

This episode features an interview with disability rights advocate and attorney Steve Dale, and Amy Tessler, a parent of a child with an ABLE Account. Amy reveals how she first heard about ABLE accounts, and why she decided to open one for her child. Discover the differences between an ABLE account and a special needs trust.

Betsy Blair, SSA Policy Analyst, joins the program to discuss what SSA is doing to increase awareness and provide the most up to date and accurate information around ABLE accounts to local SSA offices and disability beneficiaries and their families who may be eligible. Discover if the Economic Impact Payment from the government can be saved in an ABLE account, if people are able to maintain their ABLE account after they have exited SSA benefits, and more. 

Michael Morris, Founder of National Disability Institute (NDI) and  Senior Strategic Advisor for NDI joins, Miranda Kennedy, Director of the ABLE National Resource Center to discuss the benefits of ABLE accounts. Learn more about how an ABLE account can help maintain and improve health, independence and quality of life for people with disabilities and their families.