Legs Financial

📍 This Saturday, we're setting up shop at the Children with Disabilities Resource Fair in Wendell!

Every family who walks through those doors is navigating their own path: therapies, school services, what comes after age 18, all of it. We're there to help with one piece: the financial one.

Come find us and ask about:
→ Special Needs Trusts
→ ABLE accounts
→ SSI & Medicaid planning
→ Guardianship alternatives

At Legs Financial, we believe every family deserves a guide for this stretch of the trail, not another product pitch, just a clear next step forward. Stop by, say hello, bring your questions. We'll be there all afternoon.

Saturday | Wendell Community Center
🔗 Link in bio to grab a free Trailhead Meeting

What a beautiful day! ☀️ We started the day at the UNITE Festival where we had a chance to meet a bunch of great families and reps from many organizations. We also had a first ever 30,000 Plinko score! 👏 We finished the day with a fun Abilities tennis clinic. 🎾 Looking forward to seeing you at our next event or out on the court!

Incredible energy at the Disability Advocacy Conference in Chapel Hill this week sponsored by Disability Rights North Carolina. Grateful for the chance to learn from leaders in the field and collaborate on building a more inclusive future.

I'm excited to share something we've been working on at Legs Financial: a new 4-part webinar series built specifically for the special needs community. Each session is designed to help families and self-advocates feel more confident about the financial road ahead. Our sessions are in partnership with the Exceptional Children's Assistance Center - ECAC, and the topics build on each other from foundational basics through more advanced planning.

Register here: https://facebook.com/events/s/free-webinar-building-the-foun/1487973936389942/

Talk soon.

I just left the conference in Miami, and the visual contrast was jarring. While multimillion-dollar superyachts like this glide past our window, inside we were discussing a policy landscape for people with disabilities that is frozen in time.

The data we reviewed is sobering:
🔹 Countable resources: The limit on what a person with a disability can have in the bank has been static at $2,000 since 1989. Think about that: almost 40 years of inflation, and the asset limit hasn't moved a dollar.
🔹 Monthly living: While the world grows more expensive, SSI pays many people only up to $994 per month.
🔹 Systemic Maze: A simple 90-minute session was barely enough to scratch the surface of navigating SSA denials. It requires expert-level deep-dives for professionals just to guide families through a system that is needlessly opaque.
🔹 Moving Borders: The "Crossing Borders" pitfalls—how simply moving states can jeopardize a person's entire support system—was another critical topic.

We aren't just special needs planners; we are advocates. Heading home with fresh strategies to fight these static, systemic barriers and help our clients build a fair future.

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We had a busy and FUN weekend! It all started with an amazing time at the Winston Salem Open with . Mike had on his coaching hat and had a great time with all the athletes, parents, and volunteers. He even got in some bowling with the group. Any guesses on his score? 🎳 Then Mike headed back to Greensboro where he had the pleasure of participating in the Autism Awareness and Acceptance celebration with the . Very happy to have the opportunity to meet some great families. We hope that you had a fun filled weekend too! If you’d like to get involved with Abilities Tennis or to learn more about how Legs Financial helps families with special needs planning, reach out!