When should parents officially stop waiting and officially start setting up a specialized legal framework? What happens legally when a neurodiverse child also turns 18 if no planning is in place?

So I think the time to do the planning, whether or not you have a loved one who's neurodivergent, you're 18, you need to have some sort of a plan.

And that can be having things like healthcare proxies and powers of attorney.

You might not have assets yet.

Once you have a child with or without a diagnosis, it's very important to have a will.

Life doesn't have a timeline.

We don't know when bad things happened.

What are the mechanisms to keep assets from being considered countable by Medicaid and the Social Security Administration?