Since retiring from full time practice as Head of Coleman Greig’s Employment Law team, I am now pursuing my passion in helping families who have loved ones with intellectual disabilities to ensure they have appropriate plans in place for the future. I have developed a profound respect for how parents and carers handle the many challenges they and their families face and knowing I can play a small part in simplifying things means a lot to me. In 2006 the Federal Government asked me to write some plain English language guides for estate planning and special disability trusts to assist people with disabilities and their families:Planning for the future, https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/01_2015/13_planning_for_the_future_people_with_disability_0.pdf and, Getting things sorted https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/01_2015/10_special_disability_trusts_getting_things_sorted_0.pdf In 1999, I wrote When I’m Gone, a plain English guide to will-making for parents of children with an intellectual disability and am currently preparing a new edition of this publication.Having practised as a lawyer since 1982, I have had the privilege of working across a range of legal areas such as litigation, with a particular focus on employment law. I joined Coleman Greig in 1987 and established Coleman Greig’s Employment Law & Business Migration Team in 1994, and was Team Leader till 2020, when I retired from full-time practice as a Principal Lawyer. I look forward to continuing to help advise families and carers on structures that will protect and promote the interests of their family members or friends with a disability or mental illness and optimise the management of their inheritance and other benefits, including social security entitlements.If you require assistance with Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts, including Special Disability Trusts, dealing with intellectual disability or mental health issues, please feel free to reach out to me via email sbooth@colemangreig.com.au