Elder Law Issues

Elder Law Issues


2026 ABLE Act Updates

December 21, 2025

2026 ABLE Act Updates

ABLE Act accounts are a great tool to assist people with disabilities. Unfortunately, many individuals with disabilities became disabled after reaching the age of 26. This meant that this tool was largely inaccessible to individuals who suffered injuries from work, automotive or other accidents in their late twenties or early thirties.

Good news! Effective January 1, 2026, ABLE Act accounts can be established for individuals who became disabled before the age of forty-six. In this podcast we discuss this update and how these 2026 ABLE Act updates will affect a variety of age groups going forward.