by Theresa Tan

FAMILIES with children or relatives who have disabilities now have a Government-backed trust which will provide for the care of their disabled family members after they are gone.

Twenty families have signed up so far, parking an average of $20,000 with the Special Needs Trust Company to start trust accounts there.

They include a middle-aged woman who started four such accounts, each with $5,000, for her four intellectually-disabled siblings in their 50s and 60s.

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